History school trips to Boston

Take your students to the home of Boston’s famous Red Sox baseball team at Fenway Park – the oldest Major League Baseball ground in the USA. Your school group will love the atmosphere of a real American baseball game, and students can even grasp the opportunity to taste the iconic ‘Fenway Frank’ hot dog.

Travel back 400 years to 17th-century New England with Plimoth Patuxet admission. Explore the Plimoth Patuxet Museums to learn about the Wampanoag tribe and Pilgrim colonisation, visit the Plimoth Grist Mill – a working reproduction of the original mill – and board the Mayflower II to experience the 1620 crossing with modern-day guides.

Take a deep dive into the vast history of Salem, Massachusetts on this tour, which will follow the transformation of its locals from puritans to patriots. Much more thanjust  the history of the Salem Witch Trials, this tour also offers students the opportunity to listen to the accounts and anecdotes of its people through time, as they explore important landmarks such as the Witch House, Hamilton Hall and historic Chestnut Street.

Transport students back in time at this one-of-a-kind museum as you relive the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through an all-encompassing, multi-sensory experience that we know they’ll love. A unique opportunity to be part of the famous event that forever changed the course of American history.

Embark on a journey across 16 of Boston’s most significant sites in this 2.5 mile walking tour, where students will learn about the intricacies of US history. National treasures in the trail include the King’s Chapel, the Benjamin Franklin statue, The Old State House, the site of the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the USS Constitution – a must for history students.

Serving as a reminder and educational voice for 18th-century USA, this museum collects, preserves and interprets the stories of the people associated with the USS Constitution ship – the oldest ship of any type still afloat in the world. Students will be inspired by Old Ironsides’ stories, which promote understanding of the Navy’s role in war and peace.

A natural harbour and estuary in Massachusetts Bay, Boston Harbour makes for an excellent excursion for both history and geography students owing to its significance in American history. An important port from the 17th century, the harbour saw almost all of the US imports brought through its waters, and was the site of the Boston Tea Party – a protest on import taxes which ultimately led to the American Revolution.

For the past four decades, Salem Witch Museum has made it its mission to tell the true story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, providing context for understanding the phenomenon of “witch hunts”. Through a series of life-size stage sets, exhibits and tours, students visiting this remarkable museum can learn about the trials as well as witchcraft in general from the Middle Ages to today.

The presidential library and museum of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) is a national archive for the original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration. Here, students can take a step back in time to America in the 1960s, and develop a deeper understanding of the complex relations between the US, Soviet Union and Cuba amid the Space Race and Cold War.