School Tours

Schedule a School Tour

We welcome all school-age learners. We invite you to request either a guided visit led by trained Museum educators and volunteers or a self-guided visit, which allows you to lead your own students through the Museum. 

Please note that reservations are required for all school groups visiting the Museum.

Tours are available on a first-come, first-served basis by appointment only. Guided-visit reservations can be made no less than three weeks in advance of the requested visit date, and self-guided-visit reservations can be made no less than two weeks in advance.

We are open to school groups year round at all three sites! Please note the days and times available below:

Schedule a tour here.

Group Prices

For all sites, payments must be made online prior to your visit.

• $3.50 per student for nonguided tours
• $4.00 per student for guided tours

We require one chaperone for every ten students. We include one free adult admission per every ten students (K-12). Additional chaperones are charged the group admission rate. Above grade 12, we include one free instructor admission. Groups must be accompanied by teachers and chaperones throughout the museum for the safety of the students and the museum collections. See more in the FAQs below.

Before your field trip, check out this video produced by KQED, about museum rules and why they exist, which will help prepare anyone for a museum visit. More Museum policies below.