Field Trips

This list is mainly (but not exclusively) for those of us who live in Georgia, but some of them are so good, it may be worth the travel! If you want a great search engine for field trips anywhere in the U.S.A., go to ClassTrips.

Animals	Museums
Arts--Galleries & Activities	Performing Arts
Commercial	Science & Nature
Communications	Social Agencies
Entertainment	Sports & Fitness
Historic Sites	Transportation

Here are some offbeat tourist attractions:

Roadside America. This has some fun as well as very bizarre "attractions".
Cornfield Mazes

Here's an incomplete list of field trips in the Atlanta area:

Bible Translation Learning Center -- in Stone Mountain . . . tours are from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (call or email to set one up -- 770-498-0577)
Animals
- Big Boot Ranch
- Cagle's Dairy Farm
- Flintwood Farm
- Pet-A-Fair
  - The party zoo that comes to you. Mammals, reptiles, birds. Interactive animal presentations and petting zoo available. U.S.D.A. licensed. $60 and up. 770-306-2420
- Noah's Ark Rehabilitation Center
- SuJon Farms
- Swan Center Monastery
  - Horseback riding, crafts, greenhouse, petting zoo. $15/child. 3049 Amicalola Church Rd., Marble Hill. 770-893-3525
- Tanglewood Farm Miniatures
- University of Georgia annual Vet School open house
- Wild Animal Safari
- Wildlife Preserve / Petting Zoo at Stone Mountain
- Yellow River Game Ranch
- Zoo Atlanta -- 2nd Wednesday of each month is Homeschool Day
- Zoo to You -- would make a great birthday party!
Arts--Galleries & Activities
- CraftWorx Scouts Badge Program
- Dot's Ceramics -- 770-921-1684
- Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts classes
- Paint Your Art Out
- Plaster Palace
- Sandra Kay Shaner
- Soapstone Center for the Arts
- Splatter 'n Chatter Pottery Painting
- Spruill Center for the Arts
Commercial
- Atlanta State Farmer's Market
- Barnes & Noble
- Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plant
- Chick-fil-a Museum
- DeKalb Farmer's Market
- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Hobbit Hall Children's Bookstore
- Underground Atlanta
- World of Coca-Cola
Communications
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Newspaper Tour
- Channel 5 WAGA-TV/FOX
- Channel 36 WATL-TV/WB
- Channel 46 WGCL-TV/CBS
- Channel 30 WPBA-TV/PBA
- Channel 2 WSB-TV/ABC
- CNN Studio Tours
- Wren's Nest
Entertainment
Historic Sites
- 19th Century Village at Life University
- Amos Giles Rhodes Hall
- Atlanta Preservation Center
- Bulloch Hall
- Centennial Olympic Park
- Consolidated Gold Mines
- Etowah Indian Mounds
- Georgia Agrirama Living History Center
- Georgia Capital Education Center
- Governor's Mansion
- Gwinnett Historic Courthouse
- Heritage Sandy Springs
- Herndon House
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
- King Center
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
- Monastery of the Holy Spirit
- Oakland Cemetery
- Smith Plantation
- Stone Mountain Park
- Swan House / Tullie Smith Farm
- Walking Tour of Miss Daisy's Druid Hills
Museums
- American Museum of Papermaking
- Apex Museum
- Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
- Atlanta History Center
- Atlanta International Museum
- Bartow History Center
- Children's Art Museum
- Children's Museum of Atlanta
- Cobb County Youth Museum
- DeKalb Historical Society
- Fernbank Museum of Natural History
- High Museum of Art
- Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
- Kennesaw Civil War Museum
- Marietta / Cobb Museum of Art
- Marietta Museum of History
- Michael C. Carlos Museum
- Museum of Aviation Flight and Technology Center
- Root House Museum
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Performing Arts
- Abracadabra Children's Theatre OnStage Atlanta
- Academy Theatre
- Alliance Theatre Company
- Atlanta Ballet
- Atlanta Baroque Orchestra (includes our old piano teacher, Dr Pyle!)
- Atlanta Broadway Series
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Aurora Theatre's Leaps and Bounds
- Ballethnic Dance Company
- Callenwolde Fine Arts Center
- Center for Puppetry Arts
- Company Acting Studio
- Dad's Garage Theatre Company
- Festival Ballet Company
- FirstStage
- Fox Theatre
- Georgia Ballet
- Georgia Ensemble Theatre & Conservatory
- Georgia Shakespeare Festival
- Grand Theatre
- Harmony International Youth Chorus
- Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre at the New American Shakespeare Tavern
- Kudzu Children's Playhouse
- Little General Playhouse
- Magic Moment Puppet Theatre
- Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta
- Music at Emory
- Piccadilly Puppets
- Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
- Southern Order of Storytellers
- Southside Theatre Guild
- Spivey Hall Children's Choir
- TellTale Theatre
- Theatre of the Stars
- Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance
- Village Playhouse of Roswell
- Wordsong Children's Theatre--Theatre Gael
Science & Nature
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center
- Callaway Gardens
- Chattahoochee Nature Center
- Court TV Mobile Forensics Lab
- Dunwoody Nature Center
- Fernbank Museum of Natural History
- Fernbank Science Center
- Geared to Go
- Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites
- Global Health Odyssey Museum--High Touch-High Tech, Inc.
- High Touch High Tech science programs
- Hillcrest Orchards
- Mad Science
- National Science Center's Fort Discovery
- Panola Mountain State Conservation Park
- Piedmont Park Conservancy Visitor Center
- Sonshine Planetarium
- Stone Mountain Park
- Thronateeska Heritage Center--Wetherbee Planetarium & Science Discovery Center
- University of Georgia Botanical Gardens
- W. H. Reynolds Memorial Nature Preserve
Social Agencies
- Atlanta Police Department
- Fire Departments
  - Gwinnett County Fire Department
- Police Department
  - Norcross Police Department
Sports & Fitness
Transportation
- Air Acres Museum
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
- Hartsfield International Airport
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
- Southeastern Railway Museum

the kids on a recent field trip!

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