FarmAmerica Field Trips

Farmamerica The Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center

The Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center (Farmamerica) welcomes your students for a funday of history and learning they will remember for years to come.

School tours traditionally run throughout spring and fall, but if you want to plan a tour for your group at another time, just let us know. Our programs are specifically designed for grades 3 – 6.

Admission: $5 per child for a guided tour.

Teachers and parent chaperones are free with a group. www.farmamerica.org

School Tour Day Agenda 9.30 – Kids arrive 9.45 – Welcome and orientation

10.00 – Tour guides escort group out to the sites. Kids will spend 30 – 45 minutes at each site with the guides.

11.40 – Lunch (Students bring their own sack lunch) 12.40 – Tour continues to the final sites.

2.00 – Tour ends

1850’s Settlement Experience rural life in the 1850’s - the covered wagon settlers arrived in, their first dwelling dug out of the sod, a cabin, smoke house, garden and barn. The one-room schoolhouse and country church followed as a community developed.

1930’s Farm Site The 1930’s farm site, complete with house, barns, farm animals, and windmill is one of the most popular sites. Here, each child will be able to try their hand at milking a real live goat!

What do kids say about Farmamerica?

• “Farmamerica was very fun. My favourite was the schoolhouse and milking the goats. I also liked the dugout and the church and the covered wagon.”

• “I loved all the animals and the 1930’s homestead.”

Farmamerica: The Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center 7367 360th Avenue, Waseca, MN 56093 Phone: (507) 835-2052 Web: www.farmamerica.org