TRAVELING TRUNKS

TRAVELING TRUNKS

The Allen County Museum’s traveling trunks bring history to you! The following traveling trunks are offered within Allen County to elementary age students and will vary somewhat depending upon grade level.  Traveling trunks may be scheduled for Tuesday – Friday, as the schedule allows. Please contact the museum at 419-222-9426 or at acmuseum@allencountymuseum.org, to book a traveling trunk or make inquiries.

Discover what life was like for the early settlers of Allen County and Ohio. Envision the trip west, with all its challenges. Imagine daily life in a log cabin. Learn how the pioneers dressed, how they made their clothes, how they cooked their meals, where they slept, and where the bathroom was. Learn about chores on the family farm. Find out what school was like in nineteenth-century America. Finally, discover what the pioneers did for fun. Hands-on exploration of era appropriate and recreated items.

Discover what school was like in nineteenth century America. Learn how the teachers and students dressed and what subjects they studied. Cipher nineteenth-century math problems with a slate pencil and slate; spell words from a nineteenth century spelling book. Find out what discipline was like in the nineteenth century – even the teachers had rules to follow! Envision the schoolhouse and all its furnishings. And lastly, learn about the students’ favorite “subjects” – lunch and recess. Students will try some old-fashioned reproduction toys and games.

Learn the difference between rocks and minerals. Find out ways to identify minerals – by streak color, hardness, etc. Understand the three classes of rocks and how they are formed. Discover some of the everyday uses of rocks and minerals. Learn what fossils are and how they are formed.

Specimens of both rocks and minerals are brought along for this experience. Most of the fossil specimens very good reproductions and include a mammoth tooth, a mastodon tooth, a Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth, and a Velociraptor claw, to name a few.