School Tours:
We are now booking tours for the 2011-2012 school year!
Treehouse educational tour programs are designed with learning in mind. Our unique activities, centered around our exhibits, compliment classroom lessons and support the Utah State Core Curriculum. Our educational tours provide supplemental activities not offered to our general public visitors.From October through Decmeber 2011, Treehouse will host a travelling exhibit from the Kohl Children's Museum in Chicago, Chagall for Children. Focusing on the art of popular 20th century artist, Marc Chegall, this exhibit features fine reproductions of his work with fun, interactive elements accompanying each piece. Treehouse will offer special Chagall for Children tours to school groups during the exhibit's stay at the Museum. Please see our 2011-2012 School Tour Information Brochure for other tour themes and for specific information about tour programs.

• School Tours are available Tuesdays through Fridays between 9:30 and 3:00 p.m.
• Treehouse can accommodate groups of 15 to 100. Groups larger than 30 students may be split among up to three tour guides. To accommodate as many school groups as possible, groups smaller than 60 students may be overlapped with other groups.
• School Tour visits to Treehouse are two hours in length, with approximately 90 minutes of structured exhibit experiences and 20-25 minutes of free exploration time.
• Cost for a School Tour at Treehouse is $3.75 per student and free for adult chaperones and teachers with a reservation. Admission fees for students in school classes from Weber School District and Ogden School District have been generously paid by the Weber School District Foundation and Ogden School Foundation. Treehouse membership cards are not valid on school field trips.
• We ask that schools book their tour two weeks in advance. Groups canceling within 10 school days of a scheduled visit will be charged a $20 cancellation fee.
• Groups should plan on bringing one adult for every five children. Because Treehouse is open to the public during school tours, those groups who do not provide an adequate number of chaperones will NOT have free exploration time.
• Treehouse is wheelchair accessible.

Teachers who have scheduled a visit can download a Treehouse Tour Teacher's Guide that provides suggestions pre-and post-visit activities, gives details about the Treehouse Tour. Please click below on the Tour Theme scheduled for your group:

2011-2012 Teacher Guides

Chagall for Children
Favorite Fairy Tales Tour
Castles and Legends Tour
Hero Tales Tour
Utah Tales Tour
American Tales Tour
World Tales Tour
Holidays of Light Tour

• Preschool Play Tours are available Tuesdays through Fridays between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
• Preschool Play Tour visits are 90 minutes in length, with approximately 40 minutes of structured activity and story time and up to 45 minutes of free exploration time.
• Treehouse can accommodate preschool groups of 15 to 50 students. Groups larger than 25 may be split among two tour guides. To accommodate as many groups a possible, groups with fewer than 50 students may be overlapped with other groups.
• Admission for a Preschool Play Tour is $3.75 per student and free for adult chaperones and teachers from a licensed preschool. Unlicensed daycare groups please see the Group Tours below. Preschool classes must have 15 students and a reservation to receive the Preschool price. Groups with fewer than 15 students do not qualify for the Preschool rate and will be charged regular admission ($6 per child and $5 per adult.). Any siblings of the students (age 1 and up) are also charged $3.75 and must plan to stay with the group.
• We ask that preschools book their tours two weeks in advance. Groups canceling their tour within 10 school days of their scheduled visit will be subject to a $20 cancellation fee.
• We ask that you bring an adult for every 5 children.
• Treehouse is wheelchair accessible.
   

• With a Tour reservation made two weeks in advance, groups of 15 or more children can visit Treehouse for the reduced rate of $4 per child and free for adult chaperones for a 90 minute visit. Groups with fewer than 15 paying visitors do not qualify for the group rate and will be charged regular admission rates.
• Group visits to Treehouse can be scheduled Tuesday - Saturday between 2 and 5 p.m., (September - May) or Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (June - August).
• Group Storybook Tours cannot be scheduled during On Track to Reading or Alphabet Soup
• Group Storybook Tours at Treehouse are 90 minutes in length and include 45-50 minutes of activity time and up to 35 minutes of free exploration time. Group activities include a story activity, and MAY include -- depending on the ages of the children -- a craft activity or a theater activity.
• We ask that groups schedule their Storybook Tours two weeks in advance and bring an adult for every 5 children.
• Exhibit tours, such as in-depth experiences into the Music Exhibit, the Lewis and Clark Discovery Trail, The Oval Office and Independence Printing Press, or the Days of the Knights, can be requested (please contact Wes at Treehouse 801-394-9663 ext 104 or wwhitby@treehousemuseum.org with questions or requests).