Museum of Local History School Tours

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We invite you to bring your class, or send your students, to the Museum. Our little museum is the perfect place for an intimate journey into the past. We have a new program designed to make your students’ visit interesting, engaging and fun!

Explore the Tri-City area (Fremont, Newark, and Union City) from the settlement of Washington Township through the development of our cities.

All tours include highlights of the Museum’s long-term exhibits. We currently offer two types of tours:

Docent-led Tours

The first type of tour is a docent-led class tour at the Museum, 190 Anza St., Fremont.

• Orientation about the city/town development of the Tri-City area using aerial photos
• Tour of the Museum using focus questions and the discovery method
• Activities related to settler/early town development life, including ‘cowboy corner’, ‘washing day’, and ‘fun times’

Details

• $175 per class of 25-30 students
• One chaperone per every five students is required (no charge for chaperones)
• Two hour tour
• Tour times: Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00am–12 noon & 12 noonm–2:00 pm, or by arrangement

Book your classroom tour!

Self-Guided Tours

Students are given an assignment to visit the Museum as part of a research project in which they discover more about the history of the Tri-City area.

Details

• $2 per visitor (adults and children)
• Orientation about the city/town development of the Tri-City area using aerial photos (can be docent-led)
• Self-guided tour using a booklet with focus questions
• Please notify Museum staff as to when students can be expected