Bolduc House Museum.

Making French Colonial American History Fun

Tailor your field trip to the Bolduc House Museum so that it fits the time you have available and the kinds of experiences you want your students, scouts, or campers to have here. The Basic Field trip lasts 45 minutes so you can easily incorporate visits to the Felix Valle State Historic Site, the Ste. Genevieve Museum, and the Guibourd Historic House on the same trip. Our Extended Field trip lasts 90 minutes. In addition, we provide a four hour program of guided educational activities, games, crafts, and a visit to the Hands-On History Room for additional charges. We expect that our visitors will discover that history is fun.

Call the Museum today to schedule your Field Trip and let us know what activities you want the experience to include.

573-883-3105

Above Left: Students from the Historic Preservation Association of South East Missouri University try out our Salt Making Relay Race and Math Challenge at a Field Trip Preview in March 2010.

Text Box: The Bolduc House Museum is owned and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri, a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Photographs of our collection are by Bruce Pendleton unless otherwise noted. © 2010 by the Bolduc House Museum Text Box: Basic Field Trip—Tour the Bolduc House Museum and gardens and spend time shopping for historic fun and unique gifts and books about 18th century French colonial America. This takes under an hour and costs $5/adult and $2/student. If your group has a minimum of 15 individuals admission to the Bolduc House costs $3.00/adult and $1.50/student Text Box: Extended Field Trip—Tour all three of our historic houses. Spend time shopping for historic fun and unique gifts and books about 18th century French colonial America. Spend 30 minutes in the Hands-On History Room playing with history and another 30 minutes doing a game, craft, or other activity that makes your visit unforgettable. The Extended Field Trip takes 2 hours and costs $4.00/person. The cost includes the materials used in the activities Text Box: Our Menu of Field Trip Options Text Box: Colonial History Summer Adventure—This is a four hour program that includes tours of the three historic houses, 30 minutes in the Hands-On History Room, a garden adventure, and a menu of stories, crafts, races, games, and adventures. This is perfect for camps, day camps, and scout groups. Preregistration is required. Call 573-883-3105 to schedule your Summer Adventure which costs $7.50/person. A minimum of eight students is required. Text Box: Customize Your Own Field Trip— Are you a Girl Scout troop who wants to do a day of Try-It Badges about History or a French club who wants to explore the French cultural and linguistic heritage through your field trip? Perhaps you are a genealogy club or an historical society or an architecture class? Call 573-883-3105 to brainstorm your experience. Ask to speak with Lesley Text Box: Field Trip Plus ! October 9, 2010 Colonial History For Homeschoolers Day—A timeless menu of old-world French Colonial educational, musical, craft and hands-on activities for the whole family from 8:30 AM until 5PM—walking tour of Ste. Genevieve, guided tour of the Bolduc House Museum’s three historic houses, Hands-On History Room, Eighteenth Century Games, Salt-Making Relay Races, French Sing-Along, Garden Adventures, Thomas Hart Benton Lithographs. Eye-Spy Architecture Hunt, French Colonial Re-enactments, Puppet Show and French Colonial Folk Tales, Enhancing Field Trips Lecture, Historic Preservation as a Career Choice Lecture, Fearless High-school Presentation, College Representatives, Reed Flute Making Class, Early American Technologies Class, Garden Water Color Class, Doll Making Class, Basket Making Class and vendors including Eye Can Too! Read, Home Field Advantage Resources, and Homeschool Legal Advantage. Early bird registration ends September 8, 2010 and discounts are available whenever five families register as a Homeschool Group. Click the Colonial History Day button on the left of the page for details or call 573-883-3105 to request a brochure or to register over the telephone.