What are my options?

We hear this question all of the time during school trip planning, especially from first-timers.

Knowing what is available to you is half the battle in planning an incredible experience for your students.

This is especially true for an educational destination like Washington DC. With over 70 free things to do in the city including iconic landmarks and world-renown museums, why look any further? There is already so much to choose from that is completely free!

You may be missing out, that’s why.

Educational and cultural activities abound in Washington DC that are totally worth the price. Activities that could make the trip for your students and engage them more than you thought possible.

Knowing is half the battle, right?

Student Group Rates:

$ = $15 or less

$$ = $16-24

$$$ = $25+

Dive Into History

  • Discover the man and the ideas that founded a nation at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate ($-$$). Tour the mansion, gardens, museum, and interactive educational center.
  • Ford’s Theatre ($) is the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Today it is a working theatre, historical monument, world-class museum and learning center.
  • Take a narrated cruise down the Potomac with Potomac Riverboat Company ($$-$$$) and experience unique and beautiful views of the Jefferson Memorial, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington Monument, DC bridges and more.
  • Students will open a remarkable window into Lincoln’s life as father, husband, and Commander-in-Chief at President Lincoln’s Cottage ($) President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863, and 1864. While living at the cottage, Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • Pay a visit to the Woodrow Wilson House ($), Washington’s only Presidential Museum. This is the h

Experience the Arts

Explore Niche Museums

  • Get into mischief at the International Spy Museum ($). This museum chronicles the history of espionage. Guests adopt a cover, break codes, identify disguised spies and become the subjects of covert surveillance.
  • Dive into Civil War medicine at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine ($). This museum features interactive educational programs, exhibits, seminars, and lectures.

Hit One Out of the Park