2021 Fall Home School Day Experience

October 12, 13, 14, 15, 2021

Tickets go on sale August 29, 2021
Ticket price is $19.95 per person over the age of 3. (All guest entering the museum must have a ticket including students and adults.)
** Pre-Registration Discount: If you purchase your tickets after August 29 and before September 27th and you will get $2.00 off per ticket.

Old Florida Museum is pleased to announce the Home School Day Experience.

As the Covid-19 situation changes on a daily basis so do we. Please call prior to your visit to hear about our current face mask & Covid policies.

We are offering a 4 days of our Homeschool Day Experience. Choose the date best for you or your group.

You will cycle thru 4 different programs during the day starting at 10:00am and ending at 2:00pm.
Programs include:
– Spanish Program
– Dirt Detectives (Archaeology) Program
– Homestead Pioneer Program
– Timucua Indian Program

Each day’s itinerary:

9:00 AM – Gates open
9:30—10:00 – Check-in & Registration
10:00—10:45 – Program 1: Dirt Detectives Program
10:45—11:30 – Program 2: Spanish/Fort Mose Program
11:30—12:30 – Lunch: Eat offsite of bring your own lunch
12:30—1:15 – Program 2: Pioneer Homestead Program
1:15—2:00 – Program 4: Timucua Indian Program

IMPORTANT: We are only allowing up to 50 persons per day and they will be divided into two groups of up to 25.
We encourage you to preregister early to avoid missing out on this experience. If any day is sold out tickets will not be available at the door.

The cost is $19.95 per person for ages three and up.

Registration starts at 9:30 and your first of five programs leave at 10:00 sharp. Each tour will be approximately 40 minutes.
There is also a 60 minute lunch break so guests should plan to spend the day to visit the entire museum complex.
This interactive experience is designed to expose students to daily living activities of the Timucua Indians, early Spanish settlers, Florida Pioneer children, as well as the field of archaeology.

All guest entering the museum must purchase a ticket including students and adults.
Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Costumed Guides will provide history and instruction in the use of tools and games for each historical time period.  Participants will also complete a take-home projects.

Old Florida Museum includes a Spanish house, a Florida Homestead Cracker house, 70’ Spanish Caravel Sailing Ship replica and a mock archaeological dig. It is recommended you bring a boxed lunch. Coolers are welcome. We also invite you to visit the Old Florida General Store, featuring many unusual and old-fashioned items.

For directions CLICK HERE

For more information: e-mail us

Daniel Carignan,
Educational Director