New Hampshire, United States
Field trips near Manchester, NH
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 Manchester, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Manchester. 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 Manchester
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 Amoskeag Fishways School Programs, Currier Museum School Tours, and Millyard Museum Education Programs before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.
Amoskeag Fishways School Programs, Currier Museum School Tours, and Millyard Museum Education Programs 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.

Amoskeag Fishways School Programs
Manchester Amoskeag Fishways planning with NH Audubon place-based school programs, $150 one-hour standard programs plus mileage, $225 live-animal programs, $200 two-hour Wild New Hampshire outdoor field trips, 25-student interactive/hike limits, six-week school-year booking, two-week summer booking.
- Reserve
- Use the NH Audubon school program inquiry form and list the desired topic or Fishways focus. Official guidance says school-year programs must be booked at least six weeks in advance and summer programs at least two weeks in advance.
- Lunch
- Do not assume lunch space from the school-program price. Confirm whether the group can eat at Amoskeag Fishways, on the bus, at school, or at a nearby Manchester park, and pack out trash for river-focused visits.
- Bus
- Use the Amoskeag Fishways address at 4 Fletcher Street, Manchester, NH 03103, and confirm bus unloading, parking, center entry, river access, and seasonal construction or utility-site constraints before sending driver notes.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Currier Museum School Tours
Manchester 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
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Millyard Museum Education Programs
Manchester 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

SEE Science Center
Manchester 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

SEE Science Center Field Trips
Manchester 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