Plan Your Field Trip to Port Discovery
Resources & Information to Help You Plan the Best Field Trip Ever!
Field Trips that Inspire Imagination & Curiosity
A field trip to Port Discovery provides your students with opportunities to learn through hands-on, fun, and unique activities that help them apply what they are learning in the classroom. Group visits are available throughout the year for groups of 10 or more children and feature highly discounted ticket prices. Find information below designed to help you plan a field trip that will inspire curious mines, ignite a love of learning, and complement what your students are learning about in the classroom.
Request Information
Fill out the form below to request more information and to begin the process of scheduling your group visit! Groups are encouraged to book their trip to Port Discovery at least four weeks in advance. Reservations are required.
Fill Out Our Information Request Form
Virtual Learning for Students, Groups & Camps
Port Discovery offers fun and educational virtual learning and activities for camps, preschools, elementary schools, events, and more!
Exhibits & Experiences
Port Discovery offers three floors of indoor exhibits, making for a day full of family fun each time you visit.
Explore Exhibits & Experiences
Guest Code of Conduct
Review rules and expectations of guests to help keep guests and staff safe, healthy, and having fun.
Guest Expectations & Code of Conduct
Accessibility & Sensory-Friendly Resources
Find information about wheelchair accessibility, sensory-friendly resources, sensory-friendly events, and more.
Hours, Admission & Ticket Information
Find out what days and hours Port Discovery will be open, plus find information on admission tickets.
Location & Parking
Port Discovery is conveniently located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Find Port Discovery's address and information about nearby and discounted parking.
Virtual Tour
Go on a virtual tour of Port Discovery and explore exhibits, Museum amenities, and more through a virtual tour.
Photo & Video Policy
NOTICE: Museum staff occasionally take photos and videos at Port Discovery Children's Museum. Entrance to the premises of Port Discovery Children’s Museum constitutes your acknowledgement and agreement that you may be photographed, filmed, videotaped or otherwise recorded by Museum staff or contractors in connection with the activities taking place on the premises. All recordings are the sole property of Port Discovery Children’s Museum.
Please read our full photo & video policy for visitors, members, participants in birthday parties, overnight adventures, field trips, group visits, and other Museum activities.
Port Discovery Children’s Museum student visits and programs are supported in part by the Maryland State Department of Education. Programs and exhibits at Port Discovery are made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Citizens of Baltimore County and by the Howard County Arts Council through a grant from Howard County Government.
