Homeschool Perk #1 Personal Museum Tours

Homeschooling may be challenging at times, but it also comes with some serious perks! In this series of posts I will be exploring all the small benefits and surprising treats that come with a homeschooling lifestyle.


Children’s Discovery Room at the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls, ID


Homeschool Perk #1 Personal Museum Tours

I love going on field trips in the middle of a school day, in the middle of the week. You usually get whatever venue you are visiting all to yourself. My most favorite thing to do is visit local city or county museums. In the middle of the week, they are usually completely empty. These types of museums cost very little or are free. And you get the energetic and knowledgeable museum attendant all to yourselves for a personalized tour.

Although this type of personalized attention during your visit is not guaranteed you, you can pretty much count on it. Most city or county museum attendants are senior citizens with a passion for history and they love to share their tales of life "in the old days". This enthusiastic hosts really help history come alive for our family. We have even been able to touch things that may have otherwise been hands-off in displays because of these personalized tours. They are like living history books, and the museum is a giant visual aid of their past.

So visit a local history museum and have a living history lesson
today!

Idaho Association of Museums has a great list of museums throughout the state of Idaho.