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

Great field trips build on classroom learning and inspire students. Make these destinations part of your 2023-24 school year plan.

[Featured Field Trips]

Alliance Theatre

The Alliance Theatre offers field trip opportunities for pre-K through 12th grade. Working with the country’s top theater talents, these productions adhere to the same high artistic standards as the Alliance Theatre’s adult productions and create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience.

Atlanta History Center

Multi-disciplinary, interactive guided tours for students are educational and engaging. Students are encouraged to interact with historical objects while touring award-winning exhibitions, historic houses and gardens. Self-guided tour options are available for teachers and homeschool families.

Center for Puppetry Arts

The Center for Puppetry Arts allows children the opportunity to see, create, and explore. They can see performances bring stories to life. In the Create-A-Puppet Workshop™, they can build a puppet of their every own. Finally, they can explore cultures from around the world in the Center’s Museum exhibitions.

Computer Museum of America

Computer Museum of America offers full STEAM experiences. With over 34,000 square feet and 500 artifacts from the digital age, CMoA is ready to challenge students to discover ideas and careers related to computing and technology. Exhibits include a STEAM Timeline, a Tribute to Apollo, an Enigma machine and more.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

A field trip to Fernbank Museum inspires curiosity through adventures in science, nature and human culture. Students can explore three floors of engaging exhibits, witness real-life science in the Giant Screen Theater, and discover 75 acres of outdoor adventures in Wildwoods and Fernbank Forest.

Georgia Capitol Museum

On field trips to the Georgia Capitol Museum, students learn the history of Georgia and its Capitol, and the way that state government works, all while exploring Georgia’s working state house. Students engage in activities that promote critical thinking and examine the role that everyone plays in a representative democracy.

The Michael C. Carlos Museum

Through permanent collections, engaging special exhibitions, and innovative programs for audiences of all ages, the Carlos connects the past with the present and the campus with the community. Guided tours foster skills such as observation, analysis, and communication and encourage students to be flexible and critical thinkers.

Museum of Design Atlanta

MODA offers IRL and virtual field trips and workshops where students learn design and STEM skills to help them face real-world challenges. Using cool technology like computer-aided design and 3D modeling, students learn to think like a designer while exploring topics such as architecture, coding, game design and more.

Piedmont Park Conservancy

From hands-on experiments to educational hikes and outdoor games, Piedmont Park’s carefully crafted field trip programs will captivate students of all ages. Choose from an on-site field trip in the green heart of Atlanta, or have an environmental educator come to your classroom for an exciting outreach programs.

Tellus Science Museum

From dinosaurs and fossils to rockets and stars, Tellus Science Museum provides STEM-based curriculum for students at all grade levels and meets Georgia’s Standards of Excellence. Field trips to Tellus Science Museum include gallery time, hands-on learning activities in the labs and more.

Field Trips Beyond Atlanta

UGA Marine Center and Aquarium

UGA Marine Center and Aquarium in Savannah offers a hands-on, feet-in approach to learning about marine science and coastal ecology. Educators can choose from a suite of classes, including boat trips to unique barrier islands, salt marsh explorations, and lab studies of microscopic plankton found in Georgia’s coastal waters.

Museum of Aviation

Field trip options include activities such as flying in an F-15 simulator, learning about stars in a planetarium, experimenting with states of matter, and touring the museum’s premiere exhibits and aircraft. STEM activities challenge participants to solve relatable problems and learn about different careers.