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SCHOOL YEAR 2025/26
Learning Lab program selections (including descriptions and standards) for the 2025/26 school year will be available
tarting August 15, 2025.  Registration will open on September 1, 2025.
It’s our mission to provide quality, engaging, maritime-themed learning opportunities that will excite and inspire our visiting students.
​All programs are student-focused and activity-based.  
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Learning Lab fee: $100 per 30 youth 
Fee includes admission to the Museum and Lightship Columbia for 30 students and adult chaperones (ratio 1:5)
plus program supplies and Museum educator.
 Shark dissections incur an additional $150 specimen fee.

Onsite Lunch
At the time of registration, groups can request a space on-site to enjoy their lunch.

The Museum does not provide lunches for groups. 
This is a request with fulfillment based on space and staff availability.
No Charge - onsite, indoors or outdoors on BMC lawn or Museum plaza
$25 (non-refundable) - outdoors at the Model Boat Pond

Lunch outside at the Warnock Model Boat Pond includes bathroom access, trash cans, stools, Museum staff person
and RC boat usage.  This is a $25 non-refundable fee (including for inclement weather).


Chaperone Policy
Adult/student ratio of 1:5 applies for all on-site visits. 
If you have more adults than the 1:5 ratio, up to 4 additional adults may receive a discounted admission of $8 per person.
Any extra adults beyond that will be charged standard adult admission at the front gate. 
 Aides for students requiring one-to-one accommodation visit for free regardless of ratio.

Chaperones are expected to remain with their group for the duration of the visit to the Museum, including 
the Museum Store.  Chaperones are expected to guide youth through exhibits and on the grounds while also
enforcing all behavioral requirements.  These include but are not limited to walking feet, inside voices, treating exhibits
with respect (no climbing), and treating Museum crew and other Museum patrons with equal respect.


LEARNING LAB and MUSEUM IN THE SCHOOLS (MITS) REGISTRATION FOR the 2024/25 SCHOOL YEAR
NOW OPEN
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Bus transportation scholarships (Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook Counties) are provided with support from
​the Northwest STEM Hub and are available by application.
  

NOTE:  When scheduling your Learning Lab for School Year 2023-2024, payment is required at time of registration by either online credit card payment or purchase order request.
Payment must be completed 7 days prior to the scheduled arrival date, or the Lab is subject to cancellation.  Groups that cancel up to 5 days before their scheduled arrival date
may receive a refund; groups that cancel within 5 days of their scheduled arrival date are not guaranteed a refund.
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CLATSOP COUNTY REGISTRATION
APPLY FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIP
NON-CLATSOP COUNTY REGISTRATION
LEARNING LAB ACCOMMODATIONS
LEARNING LAB SCHOLARSHIP DONATION

Your donation will support schools visiting the museum for free! This scholarship fund will cover Learning Lab fees so schools simply have to get to the museum and the rest will be free of charge. Funds will be fulfilled on a first come first serve basis from the date of request. We appreciate your assistance to remove barriers for youth across NW Oregon and SW Washington. We define a school as any gathering of students: public, private, charter, Montessori, or homeschool. If it is an organized group requesting a Learning Lab, they are eligible for these funds.  (Note: Clatsop County schools receive free Learning Labs)

Lighthouses of the PNW

Grade Level:  K-12
Duration:  60-minute session
Available:  October - June
Gallery Connection:
   Lightship Columbia, Mapping Gallery, Shipwrecks!
Lighthouses Description & Standards
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A Huge Undertaking: 
Simulated Grey Whale Necropsy

Grade Level:  2nd-5th
Duration:  60-minute session
Available:  October - February
Gallery Connection: 
​  Science of Storms, NOAA Wall
UNDERTAKING DESCRIPTION & STANDARDS

 Intro to Underwater ​Robotics

Grade Level:  4th-12th
Duration:  90-minute session
Available:  March - June
Gallery Connection:
   USS Shark, Shipwrecks!
Robotics Description & Standards
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Economics of Trade

Grade Level: 4th-12th
Duration: 50-minute session
Available:  October-June
​Gallery Connection:
  Brix Maritime Hall, Fur Trade Exhibit
TRADE DESCRIPTION & STANDARDS

Shark Dissection

Grade Level:  6th-12th
Duration:  60-minute session
Available:  October - June
Gallery Connection:
   Brix Maritime Hall

+$150 specimen fee per group of 30 students


Shark specimens are bycatch. Due to current challenges getting the specimens for this program, the Shark Dissection Learning Labs are CAPPED at 10 classrooms for SY 2024-25.

Dissection Description & Standards
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History of Immigration

Grade Level: 9th-12th
Duration: 50-minute session
Available:  October-June
​Gallery Connection:
  Brix Maritime Hall, Salmon Canneries
IMMIGRATION DESCRIPTION & STANDARDS

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    • Schools >
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        • Group Visit
      • Museum in the Schools
      • Children of a Common River Poetry Contest
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      • Lectures
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      • Adult Carving & Weaving Clubs
    • Public Programming >
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      • In the Community
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