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Guided Tours for School Groups
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Select only one guided program per visit. May easily be paired with a self-guided tour for an all-day experience. All tours are 2 hours unless otherwise noted.​ Available August through May.

Fees

  • $4/student for one program OR $5/student for multiple programs.
  • Title I schools: $2/student for one program OR $3/student for multiple programs.
  • One FREE adult for every 10 students. Adults pay corresponding child fee.​

Scholarships

Historic Wichita Cowtown, Inc. will provide scholarship money of up to $150 per bus for field trip transportation on a first-come first-served basis. Desire to use this money must be indicated at the time of reservation. USD 259 schools follow the normal process for reserving buses, First Student Invoice payments and district invoicing to donor for reimbursement.

Register online for a tourDownload the School Tours, Programs and Field Trips Flyer​​​​​​


 

Farm Life: 1880s Style

Grades: K-3
Class size: 12-50 participants

Learn about the tools, crops and chores that were part of an 1880s farm.

Support Materials: Farm Life: 1800s Style​​​​​​​​​

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Daily Life: 1870s City Living

Grades: K-3
Class size: 12-25 participants

Participate in common chores, games, and manners of 1870s city children.

Support Materials: Daily Life: 1870s City Living​​​​​​​

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Cowboys & Cattle

Grades: 3-4
Class size: 12-25 participants

Learn about the diverse cowboys who made Wichita a booming "Cowtown".

Support Materials: Cowboys & Cattle

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Becoming Wichita: Immigrants, Inventions & Capitalists

Grades: 3-4
Class size: TBD participants

Learn how diverse people worked with new tools, and men with ideas, to create a town on the prairie.

Support Materials: Becoming Wichita: Immigrants, Inventions & Capitalists

 

The Talking Wire

Grades: 3-4
Class size: Maximum 25 participants

Learn basic electricity, how the Telegraph worked and changed Wichita. Next Gen. Science Standards.

 

Working Smarter in the 1870s

Grades: K, 2-3
Class size: Maximum 25 participants

Define and experiment with simple machines, then identify them throughout the town. Next Gen. Science Standards.

Special Programs

 

Christmas in a One Room School

Grades: K-8
Class size: 12-25 participants

Daily in December. Teach your class in a school decorated for Christmas.

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A Glimpse of Christmas Past

Grades: K-5
Class size: 12-60 participants

Daily in December. Participate in holiday preparations that include Kitchen arts, paper crafts, Christmas carols and a nativity scene.

Download Support Materials: A Glimpse of Christmas Past​​​​​

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The Kansas Character

Grades: 2-3
Class size: 12-25 participants

Daily in January. State symbols and folk characters reveal "Kansas Character".

Support Materials: Kansas Character: Early Kansas & Wichita​​​​

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Ad Astra Per Aspera

Grades: 3-4
Class size: 12-25 participants

Daily in January. Explore the struggle it took to create the state of Kansas.

Support Materials: Ad Astra Per Aspera: Early Kansas & Wichita