School Field Trips

Beginning Fall 2021, the Randall Museum will offer both onsite and virtual Field Trips!

The Randall is perched almost on top of the Corona Heights hill, offering majestic views of San Francisco, the bay and East Bay cities! There is plenty of open space to have an outside lunch or go for a hike. Don’t forget about the States Street playground just below the museum for afternoon activities.

• Animal Presentations – Virtual
• Animal Presentations – On site
• Self-Guided Tours

Field Trip registrations:

• Click the session registration button below each section to begin the registration process. This will bring you to our ticketing provider Eventbrite
• Select a date and continue to purchase tickets.

Animal Presentations

Get an up-close introduction to some of our live animals in one of our themed 45 minute Animal Presentations on site at the Randall Museum. This program is geared for grades K-3 and groups of up to 25.
(Can’t make it to the Randall in person? Click for information about Virtual Field Trips.)

• Animal Senses – Let’s See, Touch, Taste, Smell and Hear: How do animals use their senses?
• Animal Habitats – Why do animals live where they do?
• Nocturnal Animals – Let’s meet some animals that like the dark nighttime!
• Predator and Prey – Who eats Whom?
• Reptile Nation – Snakes, Turtles and Lizards, oh my!
• Just Birds – Beaks and feet can tell us many things about birds. Let’s find out!
• Ocean Animals – Meet interesting animals that you might not think are animals at all!
• Creepy Crawlies –Let’s explore the amazing variety of insects and how they make our world better.

Self-Guided Tours

Visit the Randall at your own pace with your students or your group. Tour the changing exhibits and the Live Animal Exhibits. Interact with geology in our Foundations exhibit, and view the fabulous model train layout. Download a Scavenger Hunt and talk with the animal keepers and have a picnic lunch on the grounds.

• Groups of 11 persons or more must register. Registration fee is $10.00 for the whole group.
• Groups of 10 or less are free and do not need to register.
• During the summer, camp groups of 50 people or fewer pay a registration fee of $50

Teacher Resources

• Download a student worksheet about Animal Presentations for your class.
• Download an animal exhibit scavenger hunt worksheet you can print out and duplicate to enhance your group’s experience.

And Download a teacher evaluation to help us shape and refine our science programs for San Francisco children