School Programs & Field Trips
Bring Your School or Camp Group to Visit the Museum
The Elmhurst History Museum welcomes school groups, summer camps and other groups to the museum by appointment on weekdays.
Museum Field Trip Options
Student visits to the museum are planned by the museum staff and customized to teachers' and camp counselors' needs. Some of the featured in-house programs are:
- Explore Elmhurst History: Museum staff will take your group on a guided tour of the museum's interactive Elmhurst history exhibit, By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst. Through photos and artifacts from the Museum's collection, children will learn how Elmhurst became the thriving city it is today. Kids will act as history sleuths by participating in a scavenger hunt for interesting artifacts (Grade 2-5).
- Exhibit Tours: Exhibit tours for school groups and camps are also available for the museum's rotating schedule of original and traveling exhibits by appointment. An appropriate supplemental activity can be arranged and adapted to various groups.
BOOK A PROGRAM: To book a program or field trip at the museum, please submit a Contact Form here.
COST: Museum field trips are free for all Elmhurst schools. All other schools are $5 per student (teachers and chaperones are free).
MORE INFORMATION: For questions or more information, contact our Education Department at 630-833-1457 or via email at EHMeducator@elmhurst.org.
Please note: Our fieldtrips & portable programs are fully booked for the remainder of 2024. Plan your trips to the museum, visits to the Churchville One-Room Schoolhouse, and/or in-class portable programs for spring 2025 starting January 6, 2025.
