Student Programs:
The Museum offers tours and activities that can be tailored for students in grades 3-12 and beyond.
Build your own field trip experience! Select a tour from our list of themes and pair it with a hands-on activity. Field trip experiences are prearranged and take place on weekdays. All of the pricing listed below is before taxes. If your organization is tax exempt, please submit your tax exemption form upon booking your tour.
Pricing:
- Guided Student Tours: $10 per student (1.5 hours)
- Activity Hour: $5 per student (1 hour)
- Chaperones:
- Teachers and Bus Drivers: Free
- Parents: $5 per person
Chaperones are limited to 1 for every 10 students or a maximum of 5 adults per group.
Contact us at education@barbermuseum.org or 205-702-8729.
To customize your field trip, select a tour and activity below:
Select Your Tour:
- Motorcycles: From Invention to Innovation
A guided tour exploring the evolution of motorcycles from the late 1800s to today, highlighting key advancements in design, engineering, and technology. Through history and STEAM, discover how these machines have shaped transportation, culture, and innovation. This tour also features various artworks in the museum and around the track.
- STEM in the Fast Lane
A guided tour that takes students on a high-speed journey into the world of racing, where science, technology, engineering, and math drive performance and innovation. From aerodynamics and physics to engine design, this tour explores the cutting-edge STEM principles that make race cars and motorcycles faster, safer, and more efficient. This tour includes a visit to the pedestrian bridge overlooking the track.
Select Your Activity Hour:
- Design a Bike/Build a Bike
In this hands-on activity, students become motorcycle designers, sketching their own concepts and bringing them to life with clay models they can take home. They’ll also work as a team to reassemble a Yamaha PW50 dirt bike, learning about its key components, how they fit together, and the mechanics to make it run. Students will also watch a demonstration on the gyroscopic effect and its role in racing, then explore the importance of safety by examining a real leather racing suit. Through creativity and teamwork, students gain a deeper understanding of design, engineering, and the science behind motorcycles.
- Diagnose a Bike
In this hands-on activity, students become mechanics as they learn about the key components of a Yamaha PW50 and how they work together to make the bike run. Working in teams, they will analyze case studies to diagnose mechanical issues, then put their skills to the test by taking apart a real bike to identify a faulty part. By matching their findings to a case study, students apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to real-world motorcycle applications.