– 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
– All ship safety protocol must be followed, including wearing of masks at all times if mandated
– Please Note: Field Trips may still book on days that the ship is closed to the public
New Distance Learning Options!
The Museum has introduced distance learning educational programs to our collection! We invite both formal and informal educators to sign up for one of our Ready Room Time! programs, which typically run 40 minutes long. Our educators can teach your students via Zoom about the ship and her spaces in a range of topics that fulfill STEM to social studies curriculum needs! Click here to visit our Distance Learning page!
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
Check out our full selection of EDU Field Trips
Distance Learning Programs
Reserve your Field Trip Today!
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
