AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

These are fun and educational PTG-sponsored after school programs for which a portion of every enrollment fee goes directly back to Gillette, enabling us to provide even MORE fun and educational opportunities for our students!

You can keep up to date on when these programs are offered by visiting our Events page often.

We don't know yet when we can begin to offer afterschool activites. Please check back again soon for news on when that can happen! In the mean time, here is a list of 100 wonderful virtual tours! or check out the shorter list below!

Louvre Museum

Explore ancient Egyptian antiquities, learn about art with a political message and view the Mona Lisa without waiting in line. The Louvre Museum in Paris offers 360-degree tours, fascinating videos and interactive exhibits for free on its site.

Don’t worry if you don’t speak française. All displays are presented in both French and English.

Metropolitan Museum of Art #Metkids

National Naval Aviation Museum

This Florida museum lets virtual visitors step inside the cockpit of a number of “unique and historic aircraft,” including the F/A-18 Hornet, F4F-3 Wildcat and A-1H Skyraider.

And don’t miss the fascinating look at landing signal officers — those men and women in charge of making sure a plane lands safely on an aircraft carrier.

Musuem of Flight

In close partnership with Microsoft, we are using technology to unlock unprecedented access to these aircraft. For the first time, visitors – both on site as well as remotely – will be able to ‘step inside’ the cockpits and interiors of these carefully preserved artifacts through high fidelity 360-degree virtual tours.

National Aquarium

Venture into “Shark Alley,” peek beneath the surface of the Amazon River and watch jellyfish peacefully pulse past you. The National Aquarium in Baltimore offers both 360-degree tours and livestreams, giving you a comprehensive view of the fascinating underwater world.

Georgia Aquarium Webcams-Whale, Otter, Jelly, Penguin and Piranha

Montrerey Bay Sea Otter Cam

Enjoy our sea otters as they frolic and swim. If you see the Monterey Bay on screen instead of our Sea Otter exhibit, don't worry! The otters will be back shortly, we promise.

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

The stories told at this museum, which opened in 2016, have taken on extra resonance during our national conversation surrounding racial equality.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture doesn’t have a virtual tour in the traditional sense but offers an array of options for Scouts wanting to digitally connect with the museum’s 12 exhibitions and 37,000 artifacts.

National Museum of the American Indian

Native Americans have served in our nation’s military since colonial times. In recent decades, they have served at a higher rate in proportion to their population than any other ethnic group. Why? For many military service is an extension of their warrior traditions. Others serve to reaffirm treaty alliances with the United States. Still others serve for sheer love of home and country.

Throughout Native America, servicemen and women are some of the most honored members of their communities. Yet they remain unrecognized by any landmark in our nation’s capital. That will soon change.

United States Holocaust Museum Memorial

This tour allows students to virtually experience the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It includes nine different scenes from the Museum similar to the experience on the Google Expeditions app. It covers our permanent exhibition, The Holocaust, our Hall of Witness and Hall of Remembrance, and a conservation lab where students can examine how our staff preserve and present Holocaust history.

The British Museum

Better block off the weekend, because your Scouts are going to need a little bit of time to peruse the “2 million years of human history and culture” awaiting visitors to the British Museum. Like the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the British Museum partnered with Google Arts & Culture to transport many of its exhibits online.

Explore the ballcourts of Chichén Itzá, see famous artifacts like the Rosetta Stone and understand ancient farming techniques — all without leaving the couch.

U.S. Capitol

Part museum and part headquarters for our nation’s legislative branch, the U.S. Capitol has it all. In the Rotunda, you might see a group of high schoolers patiently staring at a painting by John Trumbull while two members of congress hustle past to vote on a bill.

But in the virtual world, the U.S. Capitol is all yours. The people are gone (unless you count the statues), meaning you can take your time.

Virtual Field Trip to Ellis Island

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Come for the dinosaurs but stay for the colorful crystals in patterns and shapes that seem to defy the laws of nature. If your Scout is working on the Mining in Society merit badge, which explores the role that mined materials play in our lives, this museum is the perfect fit.

Head to the second floor’s “Geology, Gems & Minerals” exhibit and get ready to dig in.

Vatican Museums

As you study the Vatican Museums’ many sculptures — collected by popes from the 17th century to today — don’t forget to look up. You won’t want to miss the stunning ceilings — including the paintings in the well-known Sistine Chapel.

The sculptures are something to gawk at, for sure. There’s a bronze statue of Hercules, the Sleeping Ariadne and a full-length statue of Augustus Caesar thought to be created in A.D. 29.