Top Field Trips for Schools, Groups and Families in Atlanta and Beyond

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Great field trips build on classroom learning and inspire students. Make these destinations part of your 2025 school year plan.

[Featured Field Trips]

Alliance Theatre

Alliance Theatre offers developmentally appropriate field trips for preschool through 12th grade. Working with the country’s top theater talents, these world-class productions create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience. Title I and group discounts are available.

The Art Barn

Connecting kids to art, animals and agriculture, enjoy Georgia’s best educational farm field trip at the Art Barn. Hop a hayride, meet the animals and chickens,  discover superhero honeybees and earthworms, and create an awesome piece of art. Five hands-on learning stations are just the right length to hold students’ attention as they travel around the farm.

Atlanta History Center

Atlanta History Center offers educational and engaging guided tours and a monthly Homeschool Day program for students of all ages! Students interact with historical objects, tour exhibitions and historic houses, and learn through hands-on activities and experiences.

Calhoun-Gordon County

Discover educational adventures in Calhoun-Gordon County! Explore Cherokee history at New Echota, hands-on agriculture at Copper Creek Farm, and arts and culture at the Harris Arts Center, home to the Roland Hayes Museum. Perfect for learners of all ages.

Chattahoochee Nature Center

Explore Chattahoochee Nature Center with your class for fun, educational experiences your students will never forget! CNC offers a variety of programs for all ages and grade levels, designed to engage students’ natural curiosity and provide experiential learning opportunities in nature.

Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame

Book your field trip early and beat the rush at the College Football Hall of Fame! With 50+ interactive exhibits, a 45-yard indoor playing field and STEAM-based programming tied to Georgia Standards, it’s the perfect mix of education and energy.

Fernbank Museum

Give your students a dino-mite learning experience that will inspire curiosity through adventures in science, nature and human culture. Students can explore three floors of engaging museum exhibits, witness dramatic documentaries in the 4-story Giant Screen Theater, and discover 75 acres of outdoor nature adventures in WildWoods and Fernbank Forest.

The Michael C. Carlos Museum

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of art and culture at Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. Through interactive and interdisciplinary thematic tours, students explore Africa; ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East; ancient Greece and Rome; the Indigenous Americas; and South Asia, as well as American and European works on paper.

The Pettit Preserve

Explore and learn at The Pettit Environmental Preserve! Field trips at this 70-acre environmental preserve connect students with nature and include educational, hands-on outdoor-based curricula, designed to teach about local environments and standards-based science concepts.

Piedmont Park Conservancy

Connect students with Atlanta’s beautiful Piedmont Park! Piedmont Park Conservancy STEM-based field trips are aligned to Georgia Standards of Excellence and utilize the unique natural resources of the park to guide lessons. From hand on experiments to educational hikes and outdoor games, the Park’s carefully crafted programs will captivate students of all ages.

Pine Mountain Gold Museum

Sloomoo Institute

Sloomoo Institute’s newest playscape – LooMoosh’s Magnificent Mold – mirrors the enigmatic science of intelligent slime mold through inflatable tubes, air and light, where students activate a large-scale “slime mold” by jumping on “lilly pads” in an enchanting forest. The hands-on, STEAM-based Sloomoo experience is full of science facts, #satisfying ASMR and journeys of scent, sound and play.

World of Coca-Cola

World of Coca-Cola is an ideal field trip destination, offering students an engaging blend of education and tasty fun. Visitors can explore the science behind Coca-Cola beverages while uncovering the brand’s pop culture impact and rich history.

Zoo Atlanta

Connect your students to wildlife and wild places through a variety of field trip options at Zoo Atlanta! Take a walk on the wild side through programs led by Zoo Atlanta Educators during a Wild Walk or Zoo Challenge Field Trip.

Museum Field Trips

Atlanta History Center. Atlanta.
Atlanta Preservation Center. Atlanta.
APEX Museum. Atlanta.
Bartow History Museum. Cartersville.
Booth Western Art Museum. Cartersville.
Chick-fil-A Backstage Tours. Atlanta.
Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame. Atlanta.
Children’s Museum of Atlanta. Atlanta.
Fernbank Museum. Atlanta.
Fernbank Science Center. Atlanta.
Georgia Aquarium. Atlanta.
Georgia Capitol Museum. Atlanta.
High Museum of Art. Atlanta.
Hudgens Center for Art & Learning. Duluth.
Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, Inc. Gainesville.
LEGO Discovery Center. Buckhead.
Margaret Mitchell House. Atlanta.
Michael C. Carlos Museum. Atlanta.
Mimm’s Museum of Technology and Art. Roswell.
MODA: Museum of Design Atlanta. Atlanta.
Museum of Illusions. Atlanta.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Atlanta.
Pine Mountain Gold Museum. Villa Rica.
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. Atlanta.
Southeastern Railway Museum. Duluth.
Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History. Kennesaw.
Teaching Museum. Roswell and Hapeville.
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Atlanta.
World of Coca-Cola. Atlanta.

Nature and Science Field Trips

Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. Lithonia.
Atlanta Botanical Garden. Atlanta.
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve. Johns Creek.
Big Trees Forest Preserve. Sandy Springs.
Chattahoochee Nature Center. Roswell.
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Atlanta.
Dahlonega Butterfly Farm. Dahlonega.
Dunwoody Nature Center. Dunwoody.
Elachee Nature Science Center. Gainesville.
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites.
Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. Buford.
Johns Creek Environmental Campus. Alpharetta.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Kennesaw.
McDaniel Farm Park. Duluth.
Panola Mountain State Park. Stockbridge.
The Pettit Preserve. Dallas.
Piedmont Park Conservancy. Atlanta.
Sloomoo Institute. Atlanta.
Tellus Science Museum. Cartersville.
Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture. Atlanta.

Performing Arts Field Trips

Alliance Theatre. Atlanta.
Center for Puppetry Arts. Atlanta.
Medieval Times. Lawrenceville.

Historic Sites and Homes Field Trips

Bulloch Hall. Roswell.
Historic Donaldson-Bannister Farm. Dunwoody.
Funk Heritage Center. Waleska.
Georgia Capitol Museum. Atlanta.
Governor’s Mansion. Atlanta.
Historic Mable House. Mableton.
Marietta History Center. Marietta.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site. Atlanta.
New Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic Site. Calhoun.
Oakland Cemetery. Atlanta.
Smith Plantation. Roswell.
Southeastern Railway Museum. Duluth.
William Root House. Marietta.
The Wren’s Nest. Atlanta.

Adventure Field Trips

Atlanta Braves Truist Park Tours. Atlanta.
Illuminarium. Atlanta.
Stone Mountain Park. Stone Mountain.
Treetop Quest. Buford and Dunwoody.

Animals and Farm Field Trips

The Art Barn At Morning Glory Farm. Canton.
Cagle’s Dairy Farm. Holly Springs.
Georgia Aquarium. Atlanta.
L&R Alpaca Haven Farm. Douglasville.
Pettit Creek Farms. Cartersville.
Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch. Dawsonville.
Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary. Lilburn.
Zoo Atlanta. Atlanta.

Field Trips Beyond Atlanta

Anniston Museum and Gardens. Anniston, Ala.
Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center. Mountain City.
Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Bryson City, N.C.
Museum of Aviation. Warner Robins.
North Georgia Wildlife Park. Cleveland.
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Chattanooga.
UGA Marine Center and Aquarium. Savannah.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Huntsville.