reserve a tour for your school group
Join the nearly 3,000 k-12 school children who visit PWM annually and take a tour with your classroom or organization and learn all about wildlife, wildlife conservation, and what we can do to protect global biodiversity!
Our trained docents will guide you and your students through a wildlife-conservation-themed tour of our museum showcasing our extensive collection of taxidermy, fossils, and artifacts. Inspire awe and wonder in your students as you get immersed in our dioramic exhibits and meet, first hand, some of the resident reptiles and amphibians in our live small animal collection!
School tours are available Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays throughout the academic school year (Sept. - May). Each tour begins at 10:45am and ends at approximately 12:10pm; optional flex time is available until 12:40pm. If bringing bag lunches, please feel free to enjoy in our courtyard area from 12:10-12:40.
The maximum group size admitted per tour is 60 individuals including chaperones. Tours are $5 per entrant and payment can be made up to the day of the trip (online payments are accepted via our webpage under the "donations" link below; checks should be made to "Petaluma Wildlife Museum"). Title 1 schools are free! Please note: full-size school buses must drop off your group in front of Petaluma High School and park on Fair Street (you will then take a short walk -approx. 400 yards- through the PHS student parking lot to our facilities).
In order to begin the process of reserving a tour, please click the link below and fill out the Google Form; you will need to enter your desired tour date. Please refer to the chart below for a list of available dates. Looking forward to meeting you and your group!
Our trained docents will guide you and your students through a wildlife-conservation-themed tour of our museum showcasing our extensive collection of taxidermy, fossils, and artifacts. Inspire awe and wonder in your students as you get immersed in our dioramic exhibits and meet, first hand, some of the resident reptiles and amphibians in our live small animal collection!
School tours are available Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays throughout the academic school year (Sept. - May). Each tour begins at 10:45am and ends at approximately 12:10pm; optional flex time is available until 12:40pm. If bringing bag lunches, please feel free to enjoy in our courtyard area from 12:10-12:40.
The maximum group size admitted per tour is 60 individuals including chaperones. Tours are $5 per entrant and payment can be made up to the day of the trip (online payments are accepted via our webpage under the "donations" link below; checks should be made to "Petaluma Wildlife Museum"). Title 1 schools are free! Please note: full-size school buses must drop off your group in front of Petaluma High School and park on Fair Street (you will then take a short walk -approx. 400 yards- through the PHS student parking lot to our facilities).
In order to begin the process of reserving a tour, please click the link below and fill out the Google Form; you will need to enter your desired tour date. Please refer to the chart below for a list of available dates. Looking forward to meeting you and your group!
**Our Google Form is currently down. In order to book a tour, please email the Instructor of Classes (Phil Tacata) directly at ptacata@petk12.org. In the subject line, please write "BOOK A TOUR" and in the body of the email, include the following:
- Your name and title
- Your school/organization
- Your contact information (email and cell number)
- The date you'd like to come for a tour (please check the available dates below)
- Age range of the students/visitors
- Number of students and number of adult chaperones
- What you're learning/covering in class that's related to your visit to a wildlife museum (so we have a better idea of how to approach your particular tour)
- Whether or not you'd like to eat lunch in our courtyard after the tour
- Any other requests you have pertaining to the tour or visit
AVAILABLE TOUR DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR:
May: 16, 17, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31
June: 2, 7
(reservations for tours during the 2022-2023 school year will be available in early August, 2022)
May: 16, 17, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31
June: 2, 7
(reservations for tours during the 2022-2023 school year will be available in early August, 2022)
