About Field Trip at Sea

About Field Trips Programs

The goal of each of the Museum’s educational program is to use our unique environment to teach science and history concepts in an interactive and fun manner and each program features a tour and hands-on activities.

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GRADES K-12

All reservations must be made at least 1 week in advance
Private docents are $40.00 for school rate for 3 hours for classes under 15
Please Note: Field Trips may still book on days that the ship is closed to the public

Check out our full selection of EDU Field Trips HERE.

Pre-Order Box Lunches for your Field Trip! Box lunches are available for $12.00 per person. For the menu/order form, click HERE.

Questions? For more information, email EDU@uss-hornet.org

Overview:
Our Field Trip at Sea program is our standard, docent-led Museum tour highlighting USS Hornet’s history and NASA’s Apollo missions. For more targeted Field Trips for History or STEM themes, please check out our other Field Trip programs!
This program expands students’ horizons, develops new vocabulary and concepts, and helps them explore the ship’s unusual educational environment. Participants:
– Tour the historic Navigation Bridge where the captain commanded
– Learn how aircraft were launched and recovered on the Flight Deck with its catapults and control tower
– Learn how 15 men worked together to fire the big 5-inch guns
– See historic aircraft on the Hangar Deck
– Experience how the crew lived below decks in their own “city”
– Walk on the footprints of the astronauts’ first steps back on earth
– See the Mobile Quarantine Facility used by the Apollo 14 astronauts and an Apollo 11 test capsule
– Ride the flight simulator featuring a mission that takes off and lands on the deck of a carrier

Pricing 

Students: $8

Adult Chaperones $10

For groups larger than 50 or smaller than 15, additional docent fees may apply

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FAQ

To see all available parts of the ship, you will be required to climb steep ladders. Visitors who cannot negotiate steep ladders or who might have claustrophobia or other intense anxieties with heights or tight spaces are advised against taking a Specialty Tour.
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