Donner Memorial Museum Tour

Please note this tour is for ages 8 and up. We understand if there is a younger sibling in your family, but we need a majority of our group to be older children. Tickets are FREE but we need to keep it to 60 students maximum, so please register just for the kids attending.

Donner Field Trip Itinerary (if fewer than 30 students, no need for rotations):

1015 Arrive at DMSP

1030 Meet with DMSP staff in front of Visitor Center (introductions, snacks, and bathrooms)

1100 Rotation #1: Donner Party Historical Walking Tour (1/2 mile) - Rotation #2: Scavenger Hunt (self-guided) or Donner History Video (26-minutes) or museum exhibit exploration

1145 Lunch

1215 Rotation #1: Scavenger Hunt (self-guided) or Donner History Video (26-minutes) or museum exhibit exploration - Rotation #2: Donner Party Historical Walking Tour (1/2 mile)

1315 Wrap-up, bathrooms, and depart

This is a free event with limited availability, please only rsvp if you are 100% committed to attending and meet the agae parameters. Deadline is October 2nd so that we have time to request parking passes.

For more information about Donner State Park go to https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=503 For more information about school groups go to https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30624