Groups, Tours, Outreach Trunks, Virtual Education

The Loveland Museum is dedicated to offering outreach, tours, group discount rates, field trips, supplemental lessons, and more for groups to learn more about our exhibits, the Northern Colorado community, and beyond.

Group and Tour Visit Pricing for 2025

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*Must call ahead, or put in online request, at least 48 hours prior to visit to request group fee

**Must call ahead, or put in online request at least 10 days prior to visit for staff/docent introduction, tour, or activity

***If group size is larger than 15 and there are chaperones required, fees for chaperones will be waived.

**** Fee waived for teachers with a valid Thompson School District ID for trunk rentals.

 

What Self-Guided materials are available?

Self-guided activities for the Museum can be provided if given notice and can include History Hunts, Art Identification/Hunts, Explore Cards, Self-Guided tour guide pamphlet, and materials available in Spanish.

What exhibits or activities can we focus our visit on? Changing art galleries, history- Westward Expansion, Colorado Big Thompson Water Project, Valentine Remailing Program, guided art or history hands-on projects, education trunks for history hands-on learning.

How much time should I plan for my visit? 45-60 minutes for a self-guided tour.

30 minutes – 1 hour for a guided tour. Tours with scavenger hunts or hands-on activities, 90-120 minutes.

What else do I need to know before booking?

  • Middle School groups and younger MUST have 1:8 ratio of chaperone to students.
  • No more than 80 students per visit for tours with scavenger hunt activities.
  • No more than 30 students per visit with hands-on activities.
  • No food or drink allowed. Space for lunch can be provided, given notice.
  • Backpacks will be left in a designated location before the tour.
  • Photography may be limited.
  • Tours are not available on days Museum is closed.

Outreach Trunks

Outreach trunks contain “historical” items, plans, and activity ideas to facilitate your lesson. Each trunk contains 10 or more items that can be passed around the classroom or set out for observation. Trunks include a binder with object inventories and other lesson supplements.  A USB drive allows access to PowerPoint presentations with photos of each object, and easy print resources.  Some trunks contain trivia cards and photocopies of “History in 10-pages or less” workbooks.

Trunks are large and bulky and educators should be prepared to lift and transport them. Rental inquiries should be made 7 days in advance, and rentals are allowed for up to a week. Trunks are $10 per rental, and free for Thompson School District teachers with a valid school ID.

Trunk topics include: Cattlemen, Colorado Tribes, Colorado Miners, Homesteaders, Mountain Men, Pioneer Tools, History Colorado Ute Kit.

Submit the interest form below to reserve your trunks. Completing this form does not guarantee your reservation. A staff person will contact you with a confirmation. For questions, please call 970-962-2562.

For all online reservation requests, please fill out the form below.

Completing this form does not guarantee your reservation. A staff person will contact you with a confirmation. For questions, please call 970-962-2410.

Still have questions? Contact our Curator of Education at jenni.dobson@cityofloveland.org

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Virtual Education

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