Explore the 1.5 acres of garden and green space at the Wyckoff House Museum to understand the life systems of different flora and fauna native to NYC. Lesson highlights include: biodiversity and the ecosystems of an urban farm, organic vegetable gardening, soil and compost, and a visit to our beehives and the surrounding native plant area. Students will use observation skills and the five senses to learn about the bounty of life on our farm in this interactive lesson.

This program will run from May 1st-November 1st and takes place outdoors, rain or shine. This does not include a tour of the historic house.

Choose one hands-on activity: Herbal Sachet Making, Seed Planting, Herbal Tea Making, or Natural Dyeing (grades 2+).

This is an in-person outdoor program that can accommodate socially-distanced classroom groups or learning pods.

Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.

Choose one hands-on activity: Butter Churning, Herbal Sachet Making, Quill Pen Writing, or Wool Felting

Join our educators for a tour of the Wyckoff Farm & Composting System. We will dig in and learn about the process of decomposition, play the compost sorting game, and explore our worm bin. Through fun hands-on activities students will learn the importance of sustainable practices to take back to the classroom and home!

Explore, smell, touch, and taste your way through the Wyckoff garden. Learn how plants grow and where our food comes from. Go on a garden scavenger hunt, tour the farmhouse, and play some old fashioned games.

Add-on Crafts: for an additional fee of $1-3 per camper, you can include a hands on craft activity as part of your visit, which campers take home as a souvenir.

Choice of: Butter Churning, Making medicinal herbal sachets, Making flower power seed balls, Pickling, Felting wool charms, & Colonial cooking.

Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.

Choose one hands-on activity: Butter Churning, Herbal Sachet Making, or Wool Felting.

Flexible timing is available.

Does your school have a garden or outdoor space available for programming? The Wyckoff House Museum can come to you!

Students will explore outdoor garden and green space to understand the life systems of different flora and fauna native to NYC. Lesson highlights include: biodiversity and the ecosystems of Brooklyn, organic vegetable gardening, soil and compost, and sustainable living. Students will use observation skills and the five senses to learn about the bounty of life in our city in this interactive lesson.

Choose one hands-on activity: Herbal Sachet Making, Seed Planting, or Herbal Tea Making.

Flexible timing is available.

Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.

Join our educators for a virtual tour of the Wyckoff Farm & Composting System. We will dig in and learn about the process of decomposition, play the compost sorting game, and explore our worm bin. Through fun hands-on activities students will learn the importance of sustainable practices to take back to the classroom and home!

Take a more in-depth look at life on the Wyckoff Farm and how it relates to greater themes across New Amsterdam in the Dutch Colonial Period with a two-part multi-session series.

Topics include: Lives of the Enslaved on the Wyckoff Farm, agriculture, trade in New Amsterdam, and more.

When reserving, specify the desired program dates and topics to focus on so our Education team can follow up. Prices listed are for the cost per group for the series.

Textile production was an essential task on the Wyckoff Farm. Join us for a brief history of traditional textile-making processes from the colonial period. Students will then experiment with different fabrics and found materials for their own woven creations.

This interactive, hands-on learning program is the perfect follow up to a Colonial Life virtual field trip or can be reserved for groups of at-home learners. Explore more complex designs and learn new skills by reserving a two part (for $140) or three part (for $210) multi-session series .

This program is intended for students grades 2 and up.

Learn how to make butter at home! Kit includes butter churn with strainer, recipe with step-by-step instructions, butter spreader, and herbs from the Wyckoff Farm.

Please choose a date on the calendar you'd like to receive your classroom kit by.
(Note: This is not an educator-led experience, price does not include shipping.)