Inspire your students with the story of Will Rogers. Our museum offers free and low-cost field trip options.

Basic FREE Field Trip

• Students will experience a short presentation by our Will Rogers Interpreter in our theatre

• Learn your FIRST ROPE TRICK! 

• Play 19th Century Games (i.e. Sack races, Game of Graces, Hopscotch)

• Classes of 10 or more students are FREE

• Teachers, bus drivers and teacher's aides are FREE

• Chaperones are $5

• We have a scavenger hunt for your students to help them learn a little more about Will Rogers and keep them engaged as they tour the museum. Download a copy of the scavenger hunt to print and bring with you! Or we can provide copies for you.

• You can bring a lunch for your class and eat on the back porch overlooking Claremore

• We have a kids area with toys, games and interactive activities

• Our gift shop is a great spot for souvenirs

• Plenty of parking for buses

Upgraded Field Trip

Make your class’s experience even more memorable. You can add hands-on games and activities. All activities are $1 per student unless specified.
 

K-5th Grade Activities to choose from:

• Brand Making 

• Corn Grinding

• Trick Roping (Free)

• 19th Century Games (Free)
   

For small groups (20 or less): 

• Rope Making

• Butter Churning

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6th-12th Grade Activities to choose from:

• Inspired Artist—Charles Banks Wilson (Free)

When young artist Charles Banks Wilson met his hero Will Rogers, this chance meeting changed his life forever. Wilson sketched Will Rogers and used this as inspiration for a painting he made at 15. This painting sits in the Smithsonian and was his first of many featuring Rogers. Learn, sketch, and draw inspiration from the story of how Rogers inspired Wilson. 

• Music and Dance of the Jazz Age (Free)

Jazz music, as American as baseball, apple pie, and Will Rogers, will be introduced through popular jazz songs from his era, followed by teaching basic dance steps. 

• Physics of Roping (Free)

This engaging STEAM Program lets students explore the science behind Will Rogers' famous skill. Using the scientific method, kids discover the variables in a good rope trick. It's fun, engaging, and educational.

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Feel free to email us for more details!

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