Tours based on the museum’s collections and exhibits are available for school and community groups. For questions about field trips and group tours, contact us at 912-478-5444 or museum@georgiasouthern.edu.
We offer self-guided and guided tours of our exhibits for school, homeschool, summer camps, and non-school community groups. All of our guided tours meet the Georgia Standards of Excellence and can be customized to meet your group’s needs.
STEM Studies
The Museum also partners with Georgia Southern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary STEM Education to provide science and social studies content and curriculum support for K-12 classrooms. Through the museum’s collaboration with the Center, materials and supplies are provided to support active and engaged STEM and social studies classrooms throughout southeast Georgia.
View more information about the i2STEMed School Outreach program.
Natural History Group Tour
From our 30-foot long mosasaur skeleton to the modern Gray’s Reef, come discover the natural history of coastal Georgia from the time of the dinosaurs to today! We offer hands-on, interactive programs about fossils, paleontology, and the natural world for the following age groups:
T. Rex & Company (PreK — 2nd Grade)
This program begins with a show and tell presentation of various fossils. Students get a chance to become paleontologists by finding their own fossils in the “dig pits” and traveling through a tunnel that “feeds” the mosasaur.
Fossil Hunters (2nd — 4th Grade)
This program includes a short lecture about how fossils are formed and a show and tell presentation of different types of fossils. The students will learn about the different eras in which the fossils are derived and become paleontologists who dig for these fossils.
Cretaceous Survivor (4th — 8th Grade)
This program features a game of elimination in which students become different organisms from 65.5 million years ago. Through process of elimination, students figure out why their organism went extinct and different elements that make organisms go extinct.
Hall of Natural History Overview (6th Grade — Adult)
This program is an overview of the contents in the Hall of Natural History that date back to 100 million years ago. Students receive a short lecture about the fossils that are in this hall and then get a chance to participate in a scavenger hunt.
Schedule a Group Tour
Please reach out to museum@georgiasouthern.edu directly to inquire about tour availability during July.
Educator’s Corner
The New Year Kicks Off with Project Eaglet
Project Eaglet is a Kiwanis Club – funded program bringing grades 1 – 5 onto Georgia Southern’s Campus for unique learning experiences. Project Eaglet brings over 4,000 students onto campus and is now in its 3rd year.
Students across Bulloch County get to experience immersive hands-on learning at the Botanical Gardens, Wildlife Center, Planetarium, Performing Arts Center, and yours truly — the Georgia Southern Museum.
The Science of Light & Sound
During the spring session of Project Eaglet, 4th grade Bulloch County students come to the PAC to learn all about the science of sound and light through interactive stations taught by PAC and Museum staff and Georgia Southern Elementary Education majors.
Students love the hands-on activities and we love getting to come up with new ways to engage their learning.