Educational Field Trip to Thumb Octagon Barn

February 24, 2014
By: MyBayCity Staff

Educators - Sign up now to reserve a date/time for your students to attend the 19th annual School Tours at Thumb Octagon Barn & Agricultural Museum, Gagetown.

The guided tours will be held during the school day on Wednesday, May 7th, Thursday, May 8th, and Friday, May 9th. This educational field trip - for PreSchool through 8th Grade - allows the students to participate in up to 28 of stations, based on age/grade/interest levels, that depict rural Michigan in the early 1900?s.

Live farm animals fill the Barn! Tours take about 4 1/2 hours, but shorter tours can be scheduled to meet the needs of the students? schedules. Each student/chaperone brings their own lunch/beverage.

Tours begin at 8:30 AM and every half hour thereafter with last tour beginning at 1 PM each day. Donation is $2.00 per student; also for each chaperone.

Tours held rain or shine. Using the web site, (thumboctagonbarn.org) reserve a date/time for your students to attend; go to ?Events,? then scroll down to School Tours 2014, fill out form.