Capture the attention and imagination of your students with an interactive experience unique to our museum!
SELF-GUIDED
Like to explore on your own with chaperones? Engage with our rare aviation and space exhibits at your own pace. Scavenger hunts available at additional cost.
DOCENT-LED
Our experienced community of Museum volunteers provide their own unique, in-depth takes on the history of aviation and space exploration. Ideal for high school and adult learners.
EDUCATOR-LED
Designed for younger classes and youth groups, this course serves as a fun supplement to the classroom experience, engaging with digital and storytelling tools.
New Field Trips Available!
Educaton-Led Field Trips are our most engaging experience available for visiting groups, designed for all types of educational groups: academies, schools, homeschool groups, scouts, youth organizations, and more! Field trips can be scheduled any day of the week during open museum hours.
Here are the Field Trip themes we currently provide:
- Race to Space (most popular)
Topics: stargazing ancients, basic rocketry, the Space Race, the Moon Landing, the Space Shuttle, and ISS and beyond. - Aviation History
Topics: pre-flight, the Wright Brothers, trans-Atlantic flights, The Spruce Goose, jet propulsion, amphibious aircrafts
- Speed & Stealth
Topics: supersonic aircraft, high altitude, combat aircraft, record-breaking jets and rocket planes, stealth fighters - Astronomy
Partnered with Carlton Observatory, this is a planetarium experience included with any Museum field trip - Restorations
A docent-led experience that takes groups behind the scenes up close the work we do to preserve history
Add a Museum in a Box (MiaB)
Our popular option to bring our Museum experience to the broader community is now available in our museum as a field-trip add-on!
In one hour, students solve real science problems, see rare exhibits from our Archives, and participate in a class-wide challenge for prizes! Minimum 5 students required.
For scout groups: we can also do customized MiaBs who want to earn their Merit Badges!
reserve our theatre
Located between the main Museum Pavilions, the Aerodrome Giant Screen is one of the largest operating cinema theaters in Oregon. It can play 2D and 3D educational films, or it can be reserved for something unique for your group.
Tickets and concessions can be reserved in advanced for both students and chaperones. Minimum 30 tickets required per screening (including chaperones).
stay overnight
Educations groups who want to come to the Museum over the weekend are welcome to stay past Museum hours to camp out in the area just north of the Hercules Pavilion.
This is ideal for scout groups who want to add a bit of the outdoors to their visit. Bathroom facilities, provisions, and access to water must be arranged independently.
Lee Ngo (“Mr. Lee”), Education Director
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- Required: minimum five (5) students per Field Trip to be eligible for student rates
- Educator-Led groups limited to 25 students per instructor.
- Adult chaperone ticket included per every five (5) paid students confirmed
- Lunch, movie theater, scavenger hunts, Museums in a Box, and other custom options sold separately at an additional cost (please specify interest in our inquiry form)
- Reduced rates available for qualified schools & organizations as part of our participation in the Museums4All program (e.g. Title I, reduced/free lunch)