Museum Field Trips

The Nebraska State Historical Society welcomes homeschool students and their families. Although many of our museum field trips are not designed to meet the unique needs of homeschool students, we strongly encourage homeschool families to attend our monthly “Homeschool Days” events.

Due to the nature of the activities in our field trip programs, all groups must have a minimum of ten students. Each field trip program has a maximum number of students, which is listed in the program description. Larger groups may request multiple tour times.

• A student-to-chaperone ratio of 10:1 is required, but groups may bring additional chaperones.
• Adult chaperones are expected to actively participate with students during their visit. For more information, please refer to our chaperone guide.

If you can no longer visit the museum, please contact us as soon as possible by the Nebraska State Historical Soceity Education staff at hn.museumeducation@nebraska.gov. Our educators can work with you to reschedule. If you need to cancel the day of your workshop, please call the museum front desk at 402-471-4782.

1. Help protect Nebraska’s history. Do not touch artifacts and museum displays.
2. Use quiet voices.
3. Please walk in the museum.
4. Keep all food and beverages out of museum exhibits. Guests may leave any food and beverages at the museum front desk.
5. Please do not use flash photography.

Groups that damage museum property, use disrespectful language, or are not accurately supervised will be asked to leave the museum.

Students are encouraged to leave water bottles, backpacks, and other personal items on the bus. Museum carts have limited storage space for personal items. Food and drinks are not allowed in the exhibit spaces.

Limited parking is available in front of the museum for buses and school transportation vehicles. Metered parking and parking garages are available around downtown Lincoln. Information about parking options in downtown Lincoln can be found here.

If you are running late, please contact the museum front desk by calling 402-471-4782. Due to time constraints, field trips that are 15 minutes late may be modified or changed to a different workshop. If you are more than 15 minutes late, the Nebraska State Historical Society reserves the right to reschedule or cancel your field trip.

If your workshop is canceled due to inclement weather, our educators will work with you to reschedule.

Students must be accompanied by an adult when shopping in the museum gift shop. If school groups restrict students from shopping in the gift shop museum, they should help the museum staff enforce that expectation. The museum gift shop is closed on Mondays.