Field Trips: Historic Fort Snelling 

Learn the many stories of this important place. Home to a wide history that includes Native peoples, traders, soldiers, enslaved workers, and immigrants. Explore the Plank Museum & Visitor Center inside a rehabilitated 10904 cavalry barrack and experience expanded outdoor learning opportunities with stunning river overlooks.

Passport to the Past

Program designed for grades 4-6 but available for K-12 groups. 

Your two hour field trip gives you the opportunity to create your own unique site experience that includes so many places for you and your group to learn about the diverse stories that Historic Fort Snelling has to share. Our twenty-two acres have a lot of spaces and activities to explore.

Grab your Historic Fort Snelling "passport" and journey through interactive experiences and the many stories that we have to share around the historic site. There are more spaces to explore with both staff and teacher-led opportunities and activities. Do laundry, become part of a cannon crew, experience a one-room schoolhouse lesson, and much more! Complete your journey and get your passport stamped!

Please note: Historic Fort Snelling is undergoing active preservation work. This important work means that buildings, like the Commandant’s House and Round Tower, may be closed intermittently throughout the 2025-26 school year.

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Museum store 

Field trip groups are welcome to visit the museum store located in the Plank Visitor Center but must be accompanied by an adult visiting with the group.