Museum of the Rockies teaches thousands of students each year on field trips. Our galleries help students learn more about and engage with history, indigenous culture, paleontology, geology, and more.
If you cannot come to us, book a virtual field trip or Curiosity Crate that brings MOR directly to your classroom.
Join us this fall for our first-ever field trip class! MOR is excited to being offering hands-on, engaging classes for any field trip group that promotes critical thinking and is standards-aligned.
Our first class is called Ethnobotany, and it is standards-aligned with IEFA! Ethnobotany, will teach students about indigenous plants and their ancient vs modern day uses through a hands-on, engaging curriculum!
Availability fills quickly, especially from March to May, so early reservations are encouraged. MOR accepts field trip requests from all types of groups at any time of the year.
To bring your class to MOR, please submit a Field Trip Request Form (by clicking the link below) at least 2 weeks in advance. Be sure to have several backup dates ready, and we will respond to your request within a week.
We offer guided tours to all groups 3rd grade and up. We offer field trip classes to all groups 5th grade and up. If you are interested in offerings for younger groups, please reach out to morearlylearning@montana.edu.
Request A Field TripIf you are not bringing a K-12 group, no worries. Please use the Group Visit Request Form to reserve your experience.
If program cost is a barrier in any way, please reach out directly to visitMOR@montana.edu, and a team member would be more than happy to schedule your experience using the Opening Doors for Montana School Children Fund.
We will send an email with all the details you need for an amazing museum visit. However, you can prepare by making sure you have read the email, understand your itinerary, and have communicated with your chaperones. You can also watch this video.
Take a one-hour tour of MOR guided by a docent. This tour will focus on the highlights of the collection, which showcase and focus on the incredible geology and paleontology of the west.
Explore the museum at your own pace! You can review our educator resources to prepare.
Can't come to us? Don't worry, MOR has lots of different virtual options on a range of subjects. Learn more here.
Take a 1 hour field trip class taught by a MOR educator! We have one class available for students 5th grade and up that is IEFA-aligned. This class, Ethnobotany, will teach students about indigenous plants and their ancient vs modern day uses through a hands-on, engaging curriculum!
Field trips must be requested at least two weeks in advance.
