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Educators

Would you like your next field trip to:
Be easy to coordinate and implement?
Be an imaginative experience that makes history vibrant and alive?
Complement your curriculum?
Then we invite you to bring your students to The History Museum!

History Resources for Schools

We have pre-visit and curricular materials for you to use. Click the button below:

School Visits to The History Museum & Studebaker National Museum

The History Museum & the Studebaker National Museum offer tours specially designed for school groups. Your field trip can include visits to the Oliver Mansion and Worker’s Home, Kidsfirst Children’s Museum, Voyages Gallery, and all exhibits in both museums. Pre-visit curriculum material and student activity sheets are available for viewing and printing by scrolling further down this page. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Judy Scarbeck at (574) 235-9664, ext. 242 or

What is the easiest way to book a class visit to The History Museum?
1. Check your calendar and pick a couple of days and times you want to visit the museum.
2. Pick the museum areas you would like your students to visit--or--a school program you would like your students to attend.

1.Tour the Oliver Mansion (for grades 3+) [click here]

2.Tour the Voyages Gallery (for grades 3+) [click here]

3.Tour our Changing Galleries [click here]

4.Visit Kidsfirst Children’s Museum
(birth-3rd grade) [click here]

5.Attend a school program–scroll down ↓

6.Visit our friends nextdoor–the Studebaker
National Museum [click here]

The History Museum can also provide education in schools by visiting your classroom with audio/visuals materials. In addition, special programs designed just for schools are scheduled at various times throughout the academic year. The History Museum’s Education Department has developed a list of Indiana Academic Standards met through museum visits and school programs. School groups visit The History Museum regularly to experience history in a unique and interactive way. We offer learning for all age groups are welcome to tour the museum’s exhibits on their own, as long as teachers and chaperones accompany the students. We require one chaperone/adult for every 12 students and there is no charge for these chaperones/adults. Additional chaperones/adults will be charged $10.00 per person.

We now have online presentations/programs that may be of interest to you and your students. Click the button below to see what we have to offer:

School Admission Prices

There is no charge for the South Bend Community School Corporation or the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation or private schools within these districts.  For all other schools, the price per student is $5.

The History Museum's School Programs

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AAGPBL Exhibit Exploration Guide

Students can learn more about the girls who played in a league of their own!

Kidsfirst Children's Museum Curriculum Guide

Document in .pdf format

Copshaholm, the Oliver Mansion Student Activity Guide

A student guide to use after a field trip tour of the Oliver Mansion.

Copshaholm, the Oliver Mansion Student Activity Guide-Answer Key

An answer key for the student activity guide above.

Copshaholm, the Oliver Mansion Student Crossword Puzzle

Not as hard as The New York Times!

Copshaholm, the Oliver Mansion Student Writing Prompts

Helps prompt students’ writing ability.

The Voyages Gallery Student Activity Sheet with Answer Key

Come learn about the history of the St. Joseph River Valley Region.

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