Build-Your-Own Program at the Museum of Westward Expansion

Museum Education Programs at the Museum of Westward Expansion have been revised! Teachers may now choose a 60-minute or 90-minute program made up of two or three of the components listed below. Build-Your-Own Program allows teachers to choose components related to themes of American westward expansion during the 1800s. Reservations must be made 30 days in advance. New! Call 877.982.1410 for reservations.

National Park Service rangers will facilitate the use of living history items, such as clothing, tools and documents, in addition to museum exhibits and historic images to teach students about the people, places, and events of American westward expansion during the 1800s.

Choose from these topics:

Plains Indians  Pioneers  Homesteaders

Mountain Men  Cowboys  Lewis & Clark