STUDENT FIELD TRIPS

Plan Your Visit

To Schedule a Tour
Please call the museum at 906-226-3571 to plan your visit. Reservations for guided tours must be made at least two weeks prior to your field trip. Guided tours are available Monday through Friday, 10am-3pm. Tours must be confirmed by Tiina Harris, the Museum Educator.

Guided Tours
Docent led tours of the museum’s exhibits will enhance your learning experience. Please choose among Focused Field Trips listed below. Allow one hour for up to 24 students and one-and-a-half hours for groups of 25-34. If your group is larger than 35 please schedule two tours in order to insure the best possible educational experience for the students.

Self Guided Tours
School groups must have a reservation for self-guided tours. Self guided tours are available for groups up to 24.

Admission
Admission is FREE for all Marquette County schools.

Special Needs
The current museum is not ADA compliant. We will try and accommodate visitors with special needs if at all possible. Please call ahead.

Focused Field Trips

A Place Apart – The History of Our Region
(Grades 2-12)
How has local history shaped the communities where we live, our families and us? Understand the history of our region by examining artifacts, photographs, and letters belonging to early settlers and Ojibwe people. Analyze the role that location and the natural environment played in the region’s cultural and economic development. Identify connections between neighboring communities in Marquette County and discuss how they have changed over time. Explore what is unique about the individual communities and what they have in common.

Immigration – Journey to the Upper Peninsula
(Grades K-8)
Listen to the stories of immigrants who made the U.P. home. Explore circumstances involved in a person’s decision to emigrate and how he/she came to settle here. Understand the hardships of immigrant life, examine challenges unique to the Upper Peninsula, and identify the immigrant groups. Using object-based inquiry students will study cultural traditions and their origins, and compare and contrast how those traditions have changed.

Two Worlds Meet – the Ojibwe and the Fur Trade
(Grades K-8)
The fur trade demonstrates how two different cultures, Native American and European, can find a common ground of understanding. Learn how the fur trade transformed through time and how the two worlds were forever changed.

Learning through Museum Exhibitions
(Grades 8-12)
Throughout life, people will have many chances to visit museums. Whether we decide to visit one or not depends upon our interests and previous experience. This program will help students become more knowledgeable about what museums have to offer and teach them how to get the most out of their visit. Students will be introduced to museum practices, vocabulary and identify types of primary and secondary sources. Students will also participate in object-based learning exercises encouraging them to develop their own questions and deepen observation skills.

Introduction to the John M. Longyear Research Library
(Grades 8-12)
This tour is designed to familiarize students with the John M. Longyear Research Library and encourage them to work with primary sources. Students will learn how to access the museum’s library and archives, as well as find ways to enrich research using primary sources such as maps, letters and diaries.