Field Trip Ideas

McFarland Llama Farm

Marmon Valley Farm

OSU Farms (on Sawmill and Lane Ave)

Stratford Ecological Society

Columbus Zoo (as for special class prices for groups)

OSU Entomology Department

OSU Planetarium

Airport Tower

Radio Stations

AMF Sawmill Lanes

Big Walnut Skating

Local Recreation Centers

Ohio Statehouse

Ohio Theater

BalletMet's

Grocery Stores

Lynd's Fruit Farm

Roscoe Village

Velvet Ice Cream Factory

Whistle Factory

Libraries

Topiary Gardens

Anthony Thomas Candy Factory

Ohio Historical Society

Mad River Mountain

Santa Maria

Slate Run or other Metro Parks

Mohican Pow-Wow

Popcorn Factory

Pizza or bread shops

King's Island

Otterbein College

Theaters - Otterbein, High Schools, Columbus Children's Theater, CAPA, Phoenix Theater

Kelton House and Thurber House

Fire stations

Police stations

COSI

Military Museum

Art Museum

Train Museum in Worthington

Water treatment plant

Ohio Caverns

Olentangy Indian Caverns

National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton

Dawes Arboretum

Inniswoods Park

Central Ohio Field Trips for The Arts

• Columbus Art Festival – Columbus
• Columbus Museum of Art – Columbus
• Eastern Ohio Art Guild – Cambridge
• Schumacher Gallery – Columbus
• Cambridge Concert Association – Cambridge 
• Columbus Symphony Orchestra – Columbus 
• Lancaster Chorale – Lancaster 
• Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds – Muskingum County 
• Worthington Chorus – Worthington 
• Y-City Barbershop Chorus – Zanesville 
• Zanesville Memorial Concert Band – Zanesville  
• Zanesville Museum of Art – Zanesville

Central Ohio Field Trips for Theater/Ballet

•  Ballet Met – Columbus
• Cambridge Glass Museum – Cambridge
• Cambridge Performing Arts Center – Cambridge 
• CAPA, Columbus Association of Performing Arts – Columbus 
• Columbus Children’s Theater – Columbus 
• Generations Performing Arts Center – Columbus 
• Living Word Outdoor Drama – Cambridge 
• Secrest Auditorium – Zanesville 
• Tecumseh Outdoor Drama – Chillicothe
• Zane Trace Players – Zanesville 
• Zanesville Community Theater – Zanesville
• Wexner Center for the Arts (Performing, Film/video, Exhibits, Public Programs) – Columbus
   

Central Ohio Field Trips for Business & Industry

• Al’s Delicious Popcorn – Columbus 
• AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame – Pickerington 
• American Whistle Corporation – Columbus 
• Anthony Thomas Chocolates – Columbus 
• Krema Nut Company – Columbus 
• The National Barber Museum & Hall of Fame – Canal Winchester 
• The National Heisey Glass Museum – Newark 
• Velvet Ice Cream Company and Ye Olde Mill Factory – Utica
• Slate Run Living Historical Farm – Canal Winchester
   

Central Ohio Field Trips for History

• Adena Mansions and Gardens – Chillicothe
• Central Ohio Fire Museum – Columbus 
• Gahanna Historical Society – Gahanna 
• Great Circle Earthworks – Newark 
• Licking County Historical Society – Newark 
• Northwest Franklin County Historical Society – Hilliard 
• Ohio Historical Society & Ohio Village –Columbus
• Rock Mill – Lancaster
• Ross County Historical Society – Chillicothe 
• Worthington Historical Society – Worthington 
• Zanesville Historical Society – Zanesville
• Adena Mansions and Gardens – Chillicothe
• Christian Waldschmidt – Cincinnati 
• Georgian Museum – Lancaster 
• Hanby House – Westerville
• Hopalong Cassidy Museum – Cambridge 
• Lorena Sternwheeler – Zanesville 
• Motts Military Museum – Groveport 
• Ohio Historical Society & Ohio Village -Columbus 
• Ohio Statehouse – Columbus 
• Olentangy Indian Caverns – Delaware 
• Rock Mill – Lancaster 
• Reynoldsburg-Truro Historical Society – Reynoldsburg 
• Santa Maria – Columbus
• Slate Run Living Historical Farm – Canal Winchester 
• Stonehouse Museum – Cambridge 
• Sherman House Museum, (Birthplace of General William T. Sherman) – Lancaster 
• Thurber House, (Humorist, author and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber) – Columbus 
• Wagnall’s Memorial Foundation (Library, Museum andTheater) – Lithopolis

Central Ohio Field Trips for Science 

• COSI, Center of Science & Industry – Columbus 
• Museum of Biological Diversity, OSU – Columbus 
• Perkins Observatory – Delaware 
• The Works – Newark

Central Ohio Field Trips for Arboretums, Parks & Nature Preserves

• Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Garden – Columbus 
• Columbus Metro Parks – Greater Columbus Region 
• Dawes Arboretum – Newark 
• Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens – Columbus 
• Ohio state parks – Statewide 
• The Topiary Park – Columbus 

Central Ohio Field Trips for Sports/Sporting Events

• AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame – Pickerington
• Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Hockey – Columbus 
• Columbus Clippers Baseball MiLB – Columbus 
• Columbus Crew MLS Soccer – Columbus 
• Jack Nicklaus Museum – Columbus 
• The Ohio State Buckeyes Athletics – Columbus 

Central Ohio Field Trips for  Zoo’s/Animal Preserves

• Columbus Zoo & Aquarium – Powell 
• Deerasic Park Education Center – Cambridge 
• The Wilds – Cumberland

Central Ohio Other Fun Field Trips for Kids

• Aha For Kids! (A Hand’s On Adventure Children’s Museum) – Lancaster 
• Ohio Statehouse Museum (Children’s Interactive Museum) – Columbus

If you live in or are visiting with us in the state of Ohio, I do hope you will check out some of these great locations. Who knows perhaps you will find your family’s next great vacations spot or learn something that you didn’t previously know. 

What are your favorite locations to visit in Central Ohio? Where do you take your kids for homeschool field trips? I’d love to know. Share your Central Ohio field trip experiences with me in the comments below.

This post is part of iHomeschool Network’s Best Homeschool Field Trips link up.