Students discover how different people
have worked together on the Front Range.
This condensed gallery tour highlights
Cheyenne Indians, fort traders, and
Longmont colonists.

Using a 3D fabric buffalo and real buffalo
objects, students learn how and why the
Plains Indians hunted and harvested the
buffalo and how every part was used. This
hands–on program is always a big hit!

Self-guided tours are available to groups in grades Pre-K-5, middle school, high school and college. These tours are led by school teachers, homeschool parents, or a community group leaders. Anyone leading a self-guided tour is strongly encouraged to visit the Longmont Museum before their scheduled visit in order to make plans.
Groups of 10 or more must book their visit no less than two weeks in advance. Large groups are asked to divide into smaller groups with chaperones to closely supervise students in grades Pre-K-12. Please fill out and submit a Self-Guided Tour Request Form. You may also want to read “Art of Chaperoning” and “Guidelines for Museum Behavior.”

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore the daily lives of cowboys and ranchers. From the history to the clothing, learn the basics of ranch life. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: lariat, shirt, spurs, bandana, barbed wire, branded hide, branding iron, coffee pot, coffee and pinto beans, cup and plate, dipper, ear tag, horseshoe, chaps, cowboy boots, and cowboy hat.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore how St. Vrain and the area came to be. From the Chicago Colony to statehood this trunk looks into the lives of settlers. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: lantern, Seth Terry letter, Stereoscope and cards, doll quilt, cream skimmer, calico bonnet and apron, Colorado territory flag, slate board and pencil, McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader and Spelling Eclectic books, dipper, buffalo horn, Chicago-Colorado Colony map, membership certificate, marbles, jacks, and spin tops.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush. Learn not only the techniques of gold panning but also of the Boom Towns that came about. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in the kit are: slouch hat, Sticking Tommy/candle, union suit, carbide lamp, claim document, gold ore, iron pyrite, tin cup, gold pan, gold scales, mining helmet, and pick axe head.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. plore an important part of American History. From the first colonists to the Lewis and Clarke expedition, learn about the lives of fur traders and how they conducted their business on the frontier. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: possible bag, trade items, blanket cap, deck of cards, tin whistle, jaw harp, beaver trap, beaver pelt, bait box, and black top hat.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore life on the plains with the First Nations and how they lived. From the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountain, from Canada to Mexico many tribes lived in the Great Plains. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: war club, stone hand axe, projectile points, bone and stone scrappers, beaded clothing, porcupine quills, sinew, drum and beater, and parfleche.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore the notion that human beings have always been explorers. From Viking explorers to Lewis and Clark, this trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: fossil collection, geology collection, plant press, powder horn, specimen bottle, telescope, compass, Conquistador helmet, crucifix, flintlock pistol, American flag, army hat, and canteen.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore the important history of corn. Learn about the history and importance of corn as well as how early civilizations use corn in their diets. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: mano, metate, field corn, and air-popper.

Students are able to make stronger connections with objects and concepts when they engage with the Museum’s outreach Teacher Trunk prior to their visit. Enhance your students’ learning experience by checking out a Teacher Trunk to use in your classroom. Explore not only what archeologists are but what they do. Students learn not only how archeologist work but what they may be looking for. This trunk contains lesson plans and activities to go along with the artifacts. Artifacts in this kit are: Atlatl (handle used to throw darts), spears and darts, awl, brush, scrapper, screen, 3 points (Plano, Clovis, Folsom), fire starter, hammer stone, stone axe, trowel, whisk broom and dustpan.

Summer camp at the Longmont Museum is filled with adventure and fun! Join us this summer and discover history, art, music, culture, science, and more in these hands-on camps. Most camps average $10/hour or less! All camps will follow current Boulder County Public Health guidelines related to COVID-19.

Discovery Days is an early childhood program that encourages children ages 2 to 6 and their parents or caregivers to engage together in educational, hands-on art activities. When you attend Discovery Days with your child, you help them cultivate important school-readiness skills, such as language development, attention, concentration, fine-motor skills, emotional regulation, and play and social abilities. Attend a session that fits your schedule, no registration needed. Discovery Days is where play and learning connect!