Outreach Programs

Not able to come to us? Our Hands-on-History program can come to you!

Our Education Team can bring any activity listed below to your classroom. Each activity supports content standards of both the Social Studies and Visual Arts curriculums. Please contact Curator of Education, Brantley James, at 251-301-0270 or B.James@HistoryMuseumOfMobile.com for booking and pricing information.

If funding is available, Title 1 schools in Mobile County are eligible for these programs free of charge.

How the Outreach Program works

  1. Select one of the five outreach activities listed below.
  2. Call (251) 301-0270 to schedule your outreach program.
  3. We bring the necessary supplies to your classroom and conduct the activity.

Outreach Activities

Trade Beads

Students learn about the history of trade beads and their significance in the colonization of the New World and then make their own trade bead bracelet.

Quill Pens

Students will learn about the history of writing as they make their own quill pen and then put it to the test. 

Clay Pots

Students will learn about the types of pottery made by the Native Americans, the first people to live in the Mobile Bay area. They will follow directions to make their own pottery using the same techniques as the Native Americans.

Colonial Kids

Students will learn about what kids did in the colonial era. What kinds of chores did they do? What kinds of games did they play? They will then learn a few colonial games and make their own colonial fidget.

America 250

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the History Museum of Mobile. Students will learn about the making of the Declaration of Independence, Mobile during the revolution, and Fort Conde. They will then write their own declaration.