Homeschooling Resources

Local Educational Experiences

Discover local destinations and events that offer educational value, perfect for complementing homeschool lessons with real-world experiences and explorations.

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Tours (in-person)

In-person tours

Heritage Park at Midland Center For The Arts Heritage Park, Euless Hillcrest Ranch Sunol LLC Hinchingbrooke Country Park Educational Visits Historic Drogheda Walking Tours Historic Front Royal Self-Guided Walking Tour Historic New England Historic Oswego Tours Historic Schoolhouses of Hardy County History Colorado Center - Hands-On History Holmdel Park Hope For Wildlife Howling Woods Farm Hudson Gardens Huntsville Museum of Art Image of Hope Ranch's Nature Academy Indian Echo Caverns Joel's Farm LLC Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village Kauai Animal Education Farm Kauffman Stadium Tours Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Kent Plantation House Knoch Knolls Nature Center Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm Lehigh Valley Passport to History Program Les Fermes de Gally Lewistown Intermediate School Planetarium Little Elm Makerspace Lollypop Farm Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Loving Farm Animal Sanctuary Lucky Ones Ranch Martinsburg Roundhouse Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum Marylands Farm Park McKee Botanical Garden Metro Water Recovery Mid-America Windmill Museum Middleton Place Educational Programs Millville Farm Educational Tours MLS Studios (Makerspace) Murray Family Farms National Presidential Wax Museum National Science Foundation Nature Centers - Missouri Department of Conservation Newberry Historical Neighborhood Tour Nicandri Nature Center NOAA Boulder (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Assoc) Noah's Lost Ark Animal Sanctuary Northlake Nature Center Nygren Wetland Preserve Oasis Farm & Fishery Ohio State Reformatory Old Town Bowie Welcome Center & Interactive Children's Museum Old Town Vannes Historic and Educational Tours Oracle State Park Orange County Arboretum Ormiston Farms Osborne Nature Center Outdoor Discovery Center Paris Mountain State Park Park Hall Countryside Experience Patterson Fruit Farm Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center Phipps Nature Lab Pistol Creek Wetland Center Plantasia Tropical Zoo Poricy Park Conservancy Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery Qube Arts Ranchlands - Chico Basin Ranch Rannels Kettle Run Nature Preserve Rapp School Reading's Heritage Sites Red Acre Farm Red Beet Row Red Hill - Patrick Henry National Memorial Roberts Harbor Farm Rocky Mountain Raptor Program Rotary Park Nature Center Sammamish Animal Sanctuary San Diego Animal Sanctuary and Farm San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouse Sandy's Tattered Tails Animal Sanctuary Saskatchewan Science Centre Science Starz Mobile Science Lab Seaquist House Sierra Nevada Journeys Slidell Christian Home Educators Fellowship (SCHEF) Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center Springhouse School and Historic Log Cabin St. Augustine School Field Trips St. Cloud Main Street Historic Walking Tours STEM Park STEM Story Time at Greene County Public Library Stetson Mansion Stokes Family Farm Sugar Creek Nature Preserve Sycamore Creek Interpretive Center Taber Museum - Historical Walking Tours Talladega Historic District and Talladega College Texas Art Gallery The Hermitage - Hands on History Programs The Hideaway Farm The Kamradt Deer Farm The Little Farm The Wittel Farm Tiger World Endangered Wildlife Preserve Tomten Farm and Sanctuary Trail of Tears State Park Visitor Center Trussville Historical Museum Tuttle Educational State Forest Underwood Family Farms Underwood Family Farms - Educational Farm Tours Veraestau Vieques National Wildlife Refuge Virginia State Capitol Tours Vision Gallery Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens