Minnesota, United States
Field trips near St. Paul, MN
Local school field trips, kids field trips, and day trips with official photos, prices, weather fit, lunch, parking, accessibility, and booking links.
Local planning snapshot
This page is built around local searches like field trips near St. Paul, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near St. Paul. Start with distance and weather fit, then open detail pages to verify current ticket calendars, reservation windows, group rules, arrival logistics, food policies, and source freshness.
Where to start in St. Paul
Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.
If you need a quick first pass, start with venues like Bell Museum, Gibbs Farm Field Trips, and Historic Fort Snelling School Field Trips before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.
Bell Museum, Gibbs Farm Field Trips, and Historic Fort Snelling School Field Trips are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.
5 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.
That gives you a cleaner local shortlist for class groups, homeschool meetups, or scout/camp planning without relying on broad “things to do” pages.
What this metro page answers best
Use these blocks to compare nearby options by cost, weather fit, trip type, and how much planning detail is available before you open each venue page.
That makes this page stronger than a generic “things to do” list when you need a nearby comparison set with official links, prices, and trip-day logistics in one place.
Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.
That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.
Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

Bell Museum
St. Paul option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Gibbs Farm Field Trips
St. Paul option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Historic Fort Snelling School Field Trips
St. Paul option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Minnesota Children's Museum Field Trips
St. Paul option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Minnesota History Center Field Trips
St. Paul option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Minnesota State Capitol Field Trips
St. Paul option with useful basics for families or groups.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

The Raptor Center Field Trips & Group Programs
St. Paul option with useful basics for families or groups.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5