Browse the resources provided below to help you prepare for your upcoming field trip. You will find pre-visit and post-visit lesson plans, social stories and links to our electronic resources.
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2025-26 Student Group Guide
Plan your field trip to the museum with this go-to guide filled with program options, pricing details, curriculum standards, and additional resources you can find on site.
What to Expect on Your Field Trip
Check out this guide to see what to expect on your school's field trip to the B&O Railroad Museum.
Pre-visit & Post-visit Lessons
Incorporate these free lessons in your classroom before you visit the museum to help activate prior knowledge in your students as well as deepen their understanding of the content after their visit.
Legacy of the Underground Railroad
“Legacy of the Underground Railroad” is an Interactive Learning Platform created to supplement and enhance the experience of our Underground Railroad exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum.
Field Trip Social Narrative for Children
Use this resource to help prepare children for what to expect during their field trip to the museum.
Field Trip Social Narrative for Teens/Adults
Use this resource to help prepare teens/adults for what to expect during their field trip to the museum.
Train Ride Social Narrative for Children
Use this resource to help prepare children for what to expect on our Mile One Express train ride.
Train Ride Social Narrative for Teens/Adults
Use this resource to help prepare teens/adults for what to expect on our Mile One Express train ride.
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Collections
The oldest and most comprehensive American railroad collections in the world.
Museum History
The history of the B&O Museum stretches for many years preceding its 1953 official opening, reaching back at least to…
Exhibitions
Explore the story of America through the railroad’s impact on our economics, culture, and society.
Virtual Field Trips
Explore the B&O with your students from the classroom or right from home.
Field Trips
Bring history to life and then bring it back to the classroom with the National Museum of Railroad History &…
Homeschool
We welcome homeschool groups to visit the museum and register for a curated field trip program.
“This was such an awesome experience! The trains inside were phenomenal and all very well kept. But we went ahead and did the train ride also and that was just icing on the cake! This is a great experience for kids, teens, and adults like myself.”
Kristina R.
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