Rev up your students’ curiosity with an unforgettable field trip to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum! From August through May, we offer a dynamic mix of guided tours and hands-on activities designed just for grades 3-12. Each experience is prearranged and scheduled Monday through Friday, so your group of 10-56 students can explore the thrilling history and science behind racing. It’s the perfect way to spark learning at full throttle!

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Guided Student Tours: $10 per student (1.5 hours)

Activity Hour: $5 per student (1 hour)

Chaperones:

• Teachers and Bus Drivers: Free
• Parents: $5 per person

Chaperones are limited to 1 for every 10 students or a maximum of 5 adults per group.

All of the pricing listed above are before taxes. If your organization is tax-exempt, please submit your tax exemption form upon booking your tour.

Motorcycles: From Invention to Innovation

A guided tour exploring the evolution of motorcycles from the late 1800s to today, highlighting key advancements in design, engineering, and technology. Through history and STEAM, discover how these machines have shaped transportation, culture, and innovation. This tour also features various artworks in the museum and around the track.

STEM in the Fast Lane

A guided tour that takes students on a high-speed journey into the world of racing, where science, technology, engineering, and math drive performance and innovation. From aerodynamics and physics to engine design, this tour explores the cutting-edge STEM principles that make race cars and motorcycles faster, safer, and more efficient. This tour includes a visit to the pedestrian bridge overlooking the track.

Design a Bike/Build a Bike

In this hands-on activity, students become motorcycle designers, sketching their own concepts and bringing them to life with clay models they can take home. They’ll also work as a team to reassemble a Yamaha PW50 dirt bike, learning about its key components, how they fit together, and the mechanics to make it run. Students will also watch a demonstration on the gyroscopic effect and its role in racing, then explore the importance of safety by examining a real leather racing suit. Through creativity and teamwork, students gain a deeper understanding of design, engineering, and the science behind motorcycles.

Diagnose a Bike

In this hands-on activity, students become mechanics as they learn about the key components of a Yamaha PW50 and how they work together to make the bike run. Working in teams, they will analyze case studies to diagnose mechanical issues, then put their skills to the test by taking apart a real bike to identify a faulty part. By matching their findings to a case study, students apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to real-world motorcycle applications.

When are field trip experiences offered? Field trip programs are offered Monday through Friday, depending on availability, throughout the academic school year (August-May).

Does the field trip experience include access to the museum following the conclusion of the program? No, self-guided access through the museum is not included in the price of the school field trip program.

What is the time frame for a field trip experience? Museum-guided tours are scheduled from 9:15-10:45am; if you add an activity hour, the tour and activity are scheduled from 9:15-11:45am.

Can you change the timing of the field trip experience? Please email education@barbermuseum.org for any specific scheduling requests, but in general, the schedule for the field trip cannot be changed.

Do you provide lunch? No, we do not have food options at the museum. School groups are allowed to bring sack lunches with them, which will extend the field trip experience by 30 minutes (i.e., 9:15am-12:15pm).

Can food be catered or delivered to the museum? No. If you wish to cater a meal or have outside food delivered, please contact our events team to discuss reserving event space for a meal. 

How many students can I bring? Our capacity for field trip experiences is 56 students. Schools may schedule multiple visits to accommodate large class sizes.

Is there a minimum number of students needed to book a field trip experience? Yes, the minimum number of students is 10.

Is there a limit on the number of chaperones that may attend? Yes, our chaperone policy limits adults to 1 for every 10 students, with a maximum of 5 adults (both parents and teachers) per visiting group.

Can we take photos and/or videos during the field trip? Yes, photography and videography for private, noncommercial use is permitted. Guests may use cell phones and handheld cameras. Tripods, monopods, selfie sticks, gimbals, camera grips, and light rings are not permitted. Please see our full photography policy at the bottom of the page here.