SunWatch offers five unique, age appropriate guided tours designed to complement classroom and Homeschool curriculum guidelines to provide students with a unique educational experience. Each tours lasts 1½–2½ hours with approximately one hour spent outside touring the reconstructed village (dress appropriately as the weather requires). Available to groups of 20 or more students/participants. One month advance registration required.

Tour Fees:

Children Tours: $4.00 per student, $5.00 per adult. One adult/chaperone admitted free for every 15 students.

Adult Tours: $6.00 per adult

College Student Tours: $5.00 per student

Senior Citizen Tours: $4.00 per senior (60 and over)

• SunWatch Discovery is an overview of SunWatch Indian Village and its prehistoric inhabitants, the Fort Ancient, that includes viewing an introductory film, discussing various displays in the museum, and touring the partially reconstructed Village.

• Lifestyles of the Rich & Prehistoric focuses on the material culture and lifeways of the four different cultural periods of prehistoric Ohio. After a half hour presentation and introduction to the prehistory of Ohio in our classroom, the tour continues outside through the Village.

• Who in the World is Indiana Jones? answers some of the common questions asked about archaeology and archaeologists. This tour emphasizes how Science, Social Studies and Math help archaeologists; the tour begins in our classroom then continues outside for an hour tour through the Village.

• What if I lived at SunWatch? is designed to allow students to experience what life might have been like for a SunWatch child. Primarily geared for the early elementary grades, the tour includes a short film and scavenger hunt in the museum then progresses outside through the Village.

• Fun at SunWatch is specifically for preschoolers and kindergartners. The tour is one hour long with fifteen minutes of that time spent in the museum; students discover the culture of the SunWatch people through sensory activities, stories, and games.

For information on Native Prairie Programs at SunWatch click here.

At SunWatch, we know that one of the most exciting parts of a field trip for students is to purchase souvenirs as mementos of their visit. We also know that group leaders’ time may be limited, and supervision of large groups can be challenging. To address these issues, SunWatch offers an alternative to individual shopping through Visiting School Groups Pre-Shopping. For more information, click here.