Field Trips

Field Trip & Educational Trip Details

Class field trips can be arranged for your group of 12 or more, Tuesday through Friday of each week by making reservations at least two weeks in advance. Please review the menu selections of tours and hands-on activities for the 2018-2019 school year. Choose one of our “packaged” field trips or work with Burritt educators to create a custom-designed field trip for your class.

Typically, the time frame required for these educational excursions tours is one and a half to two hours. These guided class trips are $8.00 per person. Arrangements can be made to extend activities beyond two hours, but an additional charge may apply. The base price for our all-day 1918 school programs is $12.00. 1918 School Programs are also available on Mondays. Be sure to check out our two festival field trips: Folklife Festival in November and Spring Farm Days in April, as well as our new field trip offerings for 2018-2019.

NEW!! We are now offering the following new field trips! BE sure to check the descriptions of these trips in our Field Trip Guide or contact us for more information!

• Alabama’s Bicentennial Celebration!
  • The Story of Huntsville
  • Birds, Bugs and Banners
  • Kids of 1819
  • Wish You Were Here!
• 1918 School Programs at the Rosenwald School
  • A Child’s Life: Home and School in 1918 (3^rd Grade)
  • School Day Experience (4^th and 5^th Grade)
  • Curator’s Challenge Workshop (6^th –  12^th Grade)
• Woodworking (added as an A la Carte choice)

Cancellations must be made two weeks before the scheduled visit to avoid a 25% charge. Cancellations or rescheduling due to weather issues may be made if there are severe weather warnings the morning of, including: thunderstorms, tornado watches and warnings.

Festival Field Trips

Have your students join us for a full day of educational activities. With Burritt’s decades of experience hosting festivals, your trip will be informative, organized, and fun. Students will be able to visit approximately twenty different learning stations throughout the day. These opportunities are offered on limited days. Make your reservation early.

Folklife Festival

On Friday, November 1, 2019, Burritt hosts guest interpreters presenting folklife of our region. Experience a variety of traditional skills and crafts including blacksmithing, flint knapping, fiber arts, open hearth cooking and many more. Plan to join us from 9:00 -1:30 as your students learn about music, arts, crafts, and skills of Appalachia. (Reservations required, $8.00 per person).

Spring Farm Days

Friday, April 5, 2019 from 9:00 am – 1:30 pm, is an exciting time to visit our barnyard animals, experience the historic skills and chores of our ancestors, and learn about life on the farm. Hands-on experience doing some of the old-fashioned chores, such as butter churning, wool washing, carding, and mattress stuffing, is always a favorite. This day is full of fun and learning as students observe demonstrations of traditional skills such as blacksmithing, spinning, lace making and basket weaving. (Reservations required, $8.00 per person).

Educational Scholarship Fund

Financial assistance may be available for qualifying groups. Burritt on the Mountain’s Education Scholarship Fund can be utilized to assist with the cost of field trips and outreach programs. Funds are limited and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis for Title I and other qualifying schools and organizations in Alabama. Burritt on the Mountain’s Education Scholarship Fund may be used to cover the cost of field trip education programs. Education Scholarship Funds will NOT cover transportation costs, purchases in the welcome center or admission to the site for field trip participants to stay past the educational programming time.