Program Fees: We offer greatly reduced program fees for BPS schools. Most field trips are $50 per visit

Classic Times: Pompeii Through Today

https://www.historicnewengland.org/school_afterschool/classic-times-pompeii-through-today/

Classic Times introduces students to the classical motifs used in the architecture of ancient Rome, post-revolutionary Boston, and our own era. Students first learn the elements of classical design, and then go on a scavenger hunt inside the Otis House Museum to identify classical motifs in their historic setting.

Unknown Hands: Everyday Life of Bostonians in 1800

https://www.historicnewengland.org/school_afterschool/unknown-hands-everyday-life-of-bostonians-in-1800/

What was it like to live in Boston after the American Revolution? To learn about work, family, household, and neighborhood life as it was 200 years ago, students assume the roles of real working-class and wealthy Bostonians in 1800. Led by “house servants,” students visit the home of the Otis family, work as “apprentices” in a plaster workshop, and explore their 1800s neighborhood, historic Beacon Hill. The visit ends with a lively wrap-up game that reinforces the concepts learned throughout the day.

Hats Off!

https://www.historicnewengland.org/school_afterschool/hats-off/

How did different people dress in the year 1800? This fun, interactive program at Otis House shows students how. Through paintings and dress-up clothes, learn about everyone from fashionable ladies dressed for parties to chimney sweeps dressed for a messy day on the job.

Life in 1800

https://www.historicnewengland.org/school_afterschool/life-in-1800/

Visit Otis House and learn what life was like for the Otis children and their neighbors in 1800s Boston. Become an apprentice in the plaster workshop and play games in the Otis family’s parlor.