The Museum is continuously working to secure funding to subsidize free field trips and workshop add-ons for Title 1 schools in DC, Virginia, and Maryland. If your school is eligible to receive support and funding is available at the time of your booking, our team will notify you.

The Museum does not have a field trip dining area on-site; however, nearby seating options are available, including the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, where your group can enjoy lunch outdoors (weather permitting) on benches and tables available for public use, and inside the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center’s large food court.

A limited number of bins will be provided to store lunch bags and coats.

We recommend eating a snack prior to entering the Museum so your group has energy to play until you leave for lunch. Field trips are not permitted re-entry to the Museum after leaving to eat.

The Museum can accommodate school groups of all sizes. If your group is larger than 100-120 people, please email our team directly at [email protected].

Early Learner Centers, Pre-K, and mixed Pre-K and K groups over 50 students are encouraged to play in the Museum on Mondays.

Workshops can accommodate a maximum of 25 students, and we offer up to 3 workshops per day. If you are interested in a workshop and have more than 75 students, you will need to visit the Museum over multiple days. We are unable to provide workshops for more than 75 students per day.

Our minimum chaperone requirements are:

• K-2: 1 adult required for every 5 students
• 3-5: 1 adult required for every 10 students

We recommend 1 adult for every 5 students. All adult chaperones receive FREE Museum admission.

We request final field trip numbers at least 2 weeks prior to the field trip visit date. Please notify the Museum by emailing [email protected].

Requests that are made within 2 weeks of the field trip visit date may not be accommodated, although we will try our best. Please note that the workshop classroom has a strict capacity limit due to safety considerations.

Field trips that have elected to pay in advance:

• Can request to increase their final field trip numbers at least 2 weeks prior to their visit and are responsible for paying for any additional students on the day of the field trip.
• Will not receive a refund for student attrition.

If you need to cancel or reschedule your field trip, please notify the Museum immediately by emailing [email protected]. Rescheduling is possible but dependent on availability. Schools may reschedule their visit once at no additional cost. Subsequent reschedulings will incur a $10 processing fee each.

Refunds are not available for cancellations made within 2 weeks of the field trip date or no-shows.

• The group waiver is for groups that are able to sign a single waiver on behalf of all students.
• The individual waiver is to be signed by each attending students’ parent or guardian—it is the responsibility of your group’s leader to collect and track individual waivers. If your group is collecting an individual waiver for each attending person, you do not need to complete a group waiver.

Payment is required on the day of the field trip and will be based on actual student attendance.

Field trips that have elected to pay in advance:

• And have requested at least 2 weeks prior to the field trip date to bring additional students, are responsible for paying for additional students on the day of the field trip.
• Will not receive a refund for student attrition.

Refunds are not available for cancellations made within 2 weeks of the field trip date or no-shows.

If you have any questions regarding payment, please contact the Billing Team at [email protected].

A deposit is not required. The full field trip payment is due on the day of your field trip. Field trips can elect to pay prior to their field trip.

The Museum accepts payment by:

• Credit Card
• Check
• Bank Transfer
• Purchase Order referencing the entire field trip balance due

If you have any questions regarding forms of payment, please contact the Billing Team at [email protected].

Field trips can elect to pay in advance of their field trip visit date. Please note, field trips that choose to pay in advance:

• Can request to increase their final field trip numbers at least 2 weeks prior to their visit and are responsible for paying for any additional students on the day of the field trip.
• Will not receive a refund for student attrition.

Groups that would like to organize a family meet up for their school are kindly requested to fill out a group booking form and will receive a 10% discount on Museum admission.

We kindly ask that field trips fill out a field trip request form. We reserve the right to turn field trips away who have not given the Museum advance notice of their visit, including field trips that purchased general admission for 10 or more students.