Field Trip Planner
Welcome to Strawbery Banke Museum (SBM)! This planner is designed to help you have a successful visit to SBM.
Please have ALL TEACHERS read the following information before your trip to Strawbery Banke Museum
MUSEUM EXPECTATIONS:
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Please break your students into small groups of no more than 8. Teachers and chaperones are required to stay with their students at ALL times. Adults must be the first people into the buildings. No food or drink is allowed in the buildings (this includes candy and gum). Please remind students not to write against or lean on walls, pick flowers, walk in flowerbeds, climb trees or touch the artifacts and walls in the buildings.
ARRIVAL AT SBM:
• • • • • • • Buses will park in our Hancock St. parking lot. A museum staff member will direct you when you arrive. Chaperones are required to carpool or ride on the bus due to limited parking. Each group will be allowed to park one car for every twenty students attending. Do not drop students off on Marcy St. or in the Marcy St. parking lot. If you are WALKING, please gather your students together against the fence in the parking lot; a museum staff member will meet you there. Please keep students on buses or near cars until a museum staff member greets you. Directions can be downloaded from the website.
PAYMENT:
• • • • Please pay in the Tyco Visitors Center when you arrive. One check is preferred, payable to “Strawbery Banke, Inc.” You will receive Visitor Maps and Admission Tags upon check-in. Please have your Confirmation Sheet (included in this packet) ready with the actual numbers of students, teachers, chaperones, bus drivers, and special aides recorded on it. If you have chaperones who arrive on their own, please ask them to wait for the school and not purchase tickets separately. Chaperones who purchase tickets separately will be charged the regular Museum admission ($15.00 for 2007).
LUNCHES:
• • • Have students bring bag lunches from home. Plan to keep lunches on buses/in cars. Sorry, we do not have refrigeration available. A limited number of picnic tables are available on the grounds. You may also picnic on Puddle Dock, the large grassy area in the center of the museum. Please follow our carry-in carry-out trash policy. In inclement weather, plan to eat on buses/in cars, we do not have indoor space available.
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PRESCOTT PARK:
When visiting Prescott Park, please observe the following: • Please follow the Park’s carry-in/carry-out trash policy. • No climbing in trees or pulling on branches. • Children should not be unattended when using bathroom facilities. • Please do not run through flowerbeds or pick flowers. • Keep away from employees who are operating equipment. • Stay out of the water fountains. • Please be mindful and respectful other people who are visiting Prescott Park.
DEPARTURE:
• • Determine a departure time in advance and remind all chaperones when you expect them to return to the buses/cars with their students. Don’t forget to take attendance! The museum is open from 10:00am to 4:00pm on weekdays.
CANCELLATION AND RESCHEDULED VISITS:
• The museum is open in all types of weather. Rescheduling a Time Travel Workshop will be very difficult and may not be possible; however if you must cancel a Time Travel Workshop, please do so at least two weeks in advance by calling 603-422-7541. If you need to cancel or reschedule a Self-Guided Tour, please contact us as soon as possible so another school may take your place (603-422-7541). We appreciate as much advanced notice as possible of cancellations or late arrivals. To contact us on the day of your visit, please call 603-781-6332.
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