Student Field Trips - Mount Harmon Plantation

March ~ November by appointment.
Cost: $8 per student.
Visit Time: Approx. 4 hours.
Fulfills curriculum requirements.
Picnic lunches welcome.

* * Education & Discovery Center * *
Historic Plantation & Nature Preserve

Expanded Living History Campus & Hands-on Activities

Book Early for Best Dates!

To Schedule a Mount Harmon Field Trip or for more information please e-mail us at info@mountharmon.org

To enable students to learn first hand about an 18th century plantation in a pristine Tidewater setting little changed by time.
To instill in young people an understanding and appreciation of our nation’s rich colonial heritage, and how individuals and societies have changed over time.
To support classroom units on early American, Colonial, and Tidewater History, with engaging activities that deepen classroom objectives.
To instill an appreciation and understanding of the Chesapeake Bay and it’s historic role in agriculture, trade, and commerce.
To teach the importance of understanding and preserving the past and historic sites like Mount Harmon; and to make these lessons current to students today.

Mount Harmon field trip program components are engaging activities that bring history and nature to life and include choice of 4 activities:

9:30AM	Arrive
9:45AM	Station I Manor House Tour
10:30AM	Station II Colonial Life & Kitchen Demonstration
11:15AM	Station III Hands-on Colonial Crafts
12:00PM	Lunch Break & Colonial Games & Gift Shop
12:30PM	Tidewater Nature Walk or Colonial School
1:30PM	Return to Education Center/Visit Gift Shop
1:30PM	Depart

* Program is approx. 4 hours (includes picnic lunch break) and can be customized to suit curriculum and scheduling needs.

To schedule your Mount Harmon school field trip and for more information contact us via e-mail at info@mountharmon.org or call 410-275-8819.