Learn About Your Experience: Historic Fort Snelling

New places and stories to explore!

Students will be able to participate in new and engaging activities during their 90-minute staff-led visit in and around Fort Snelling, and an additional optional 30 minutes of teacher-led exploration. With an expanded variety of new spaces and old favorites to explore, there is so much to see and do in the Fort! Time includes opportunities to explore on your own which allows more flexibility to make the experience more enjoyable and rewarding. Plan to arrive 15 minutes early for check-in.

Summer field trips

Bring your summer group to Historic Fort Snelling to participate in the fort field trip and discover there is more to history than meets the eye.

New this summer

• Explore a newly revitalized site and visitor center
• Experience a one-room schoolhouse lesson and historic games
• Use an activity map to take a Story Adventure into the past and learn the stories of people who have lived in and around the fort

Wednesdays–Fridays • 10 am–4 pm • June 12–August 30, 2024

• Length of program: 2 hours
• $8 per student
• Free bus parking
• Picnic area available

Reservations are required. There is a fee for cancellations and/or rescheduling less than 14 days before the scheduled field trip.