Why Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum?
Immersive, Multi-Disciplinary, Fact-Based, Placed Based Field Trips
- Our field trips meets a variety of Standards of Learning
- 🔷 Social Science
- 🌿 Earth Science
- ⚙️ Math and Technology
- 🟧 Language Arts
Single Class Information
- One hour instructor-led programs
- $5/student
- First 2 adults (teachers/TAs) are free
- $5/additional chaperones and adults
Extra Museum Time
- Groups of 20 students or less can enjoy an extra 30 minutes of time to explore all of our interactive exhibits for a $35 flat fee.
- If your group is larger than 20, and you wish to have the extra museum time, you must split the group and pay per each group up to 20 students.
- Only 1 group may be in the museum at a time. The remaining group(s) may enjoy the sensory garden or the park outside of the museum for that 30 minutes.
- Must be booked in advance.
Outreach Programs
- Our instructor will visit your site for select programs (Native Americans, Grandma's Kitchen, Pumpkin Parade, Katie's Apple Farm)
- $125/classroom
Single Class PROGRAMS
Pre-K - Grade 2
- Weights and Measures: Learn about volume and weight, and enjoy a potato sack race. 🔷⚙️
Pre-K - Grade 4
- Native Americans: Learn about Native American history as well as the recognized tribs of modern Virginia. 🔷🌿⚙️
- Grandma's Kitchen: Explore life in a pre-electrification kitchen. What has changed? 🔷🌿⚙️
Pre-K - Grade 6
- All Around the Farm: Enjoy structured time in our interactive exhibits and learn about sheep and wool. 🔷🌿⚙️ 🟧
Grades K-6
- Hammers & Horseshoes: Visit our working Blacksmith Forge and Workhorse Collection. Learn about why blacksmithing was important to life on a farm and horse powered farm equipment ($100 minimum or 20 paid attendees). 🔷🌿⚙️🟧
Grades 1-3
- Time for Change: Travel back to 1909 in the Waxpool General Store and discover that a dollar goes a long way. 🔷⚙️
- Simple Machines: Discover the simple machines that have made daily chores easier for farmers. 🔷⚙️
Grades 4-6
- Hands on History: Tour the museum's permanent exhibits and learn the fundamentals of archaeology, history, and museum practice. 🔷⚙️🟧
Seasonal Programs
- Katie's Apple Farm: Learn about apples and use a historic press to make cider! 🔷🌿⚙️🟧
- Pumpkin Parade: Learn about all the different varieties of pumpkins and the history of this fall favorite. 🔷🌿⚙️🟧
- Plant It!: Be a scientist for the day and observe, explore, and experiment with plants through hands-on activities. 🌿⚙️
Stations Program: bring the whole crew (2 or more classrooms
Your Trip, Your Way
- Focus on a single topic, like simple machines, or a broad range of subjects from history to science, language arts, and math. Let's create the perfect field trip for you
- Includes the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum and Historic Lanesville
- Made to fit all bus schedules
- Built in lunch / snack time
Multiple Class Info
- $10/student
- Teachers & Teacher Assistants Free with school ID
- $5/additional chaperones
Our Most Popular Topics
- Bartering and the General Store 🔷⚙️🟧
- Blacksmith Shop 🔷⚙️
- Colonial Cooking Demonstration 🔷🌿⚙️🟧
- Grandma's Kitchen 🔷⚙️🟧
- Historic Toys & Games 🔷⚙️🟧
- Lanesville Ordinary 🔷🟧
- Life of a Colonial Soldier 🔷⚙️
- Making Maps 🔷⚙️🟧
- One-Room Schoolhouse 🔷🟧
- Simple Machines 🔷⚙️
- Spinning and Weaving 🔷⚙️
- Virginia Indians in Loudoun 🔷🌿
- Workhorse Collection 🔷⚙️
Ask About Seasonal Topics
- Bees and Other Pollinators 🌿
- Plant It! 🌿
- Katie's Apple Farm 🔷🌿⚙️
- Pumpkin Parade 🔷🌿