Your Field Trip

Tickets & Chaperoning

• Tickets must be purchased in advance.
• Greenfield Village provides discounted rates for groups with a minimum of 15 students
• To ensure appropriate supervision, one adult group leader is required for every ten students.
• We’ll provide one free teacher/chaperone ticket for every ten students. Additional adults or teachers will be charged the $10 student rate.
• Lunch areas and quiet areas are available in one of many open spaces.

Onsite Activities

Greenfield Village supports learning-by-doing with engaging walk-up programs including:

Demonstrations:

• Engineering Firsts
• Recording Sound
• Farm Work

Facilitated Activity:

• School Days

Dramatic Presentations:

• Thomas Edison
• Elijah McCoy
• Home from Kitty Hawk
• Votes for All
• Laura Ingalls
• Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer

Self-guided Activity:

• One Room School (requires advance registration)

Scavenger Hunts

Download a scavenger hunt to encourage thoughtful looking during your visit:

All Ages

• Spark Chaser Field Trip Pocket Guide (PDF)

Early Childhood

• Then and Now: Food and Cooking on Firestone Farm; On the Move on Main Street (PDF)

Grades 4-8

• Investigating the Making of Innovators (PDF)
• Investigating George Washington Carver and the Mattox Family Home (PDF)
• Investigating the Model T (PDF)
• Investigating Historic Crafts and Trades (PDF)
• Investigating 19th-Century School Life (PDF)

Pre-During-Post Activities

Deepen your learning experience by preparing and following up on your visit to these exhibits:

• Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass (Middle School Science and Art)
• One Room School (Grades 1-12 ELA and Social Studies)

Helpful Documents

• Chaperone Information Guide (PDF)
  
• Field Trip Reservation Form (PDF)
• Home Educator Registration Form (PDF)
  
• FAQs About Field Trips at The Henry Ford
• Social Narrative for Greenfield Village (PDF)

For more information about Greenfield Village and the Historic Districts see Greenfield Village.