Museum-In-A-Trunk

Bring the Museum to your classroom with a Museum-In-A-Trunk. Each trunk is filled with objects providing students a hands-on experience that assists them in making connections with the past. Trunks come with a Teacher’s Guide. All trunks are loaned for one-month periods. Prepayment is required.

Lighthouses: Sentinels of Our Coast Grades K – 6
Lighthouses have always been important to mariners. This trunk is a thematic approach to studying these important aids to navigation. Your students will learn more about lighthouses through a variety of lesson plans. Read stories, both humorous and dramatic, about family life at a lighthouse during the early 1900s. Hands-on activities include learning about light, weather, electricity, simple machines, geography and history. Materials include prisms, replicas, uniform, experiments, video, books and more. FREE This trunk’s fee is funded by the Oregon Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.

From Distant Lands Grades 1 – 3
Many cultures have shaped the Pacific Northwest. These cultures are studied through the toys, tools, clothing, art, and food specific to each. Students will explore the concepts of change, community, and interdependence. Cultures represented include Native Americans, Scandinavian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and English. $25 loan fee.

Captain Gray’s Sea Chest Grades 3 – 5
Captain Robert Gray was an important mariner in the late 1700s. Shipboard life and maritime history come to life in the classroom with this trunk. Replicas portraying life at sea, trade items, pelts, charts, videos and audiotapes provide students with an in-depth exploration of Robert Gray’s voyages to the Northwest. $25 loan fee.