Field Trip Admission Scholarship   

Until funds run out, The Sawmill has a free field trip scholarship for 2022-2023. For all K-12 schools in Clinton & Whiteside County. Currently we have enough for over a 1,000 students. 

Field Trip Rate

Group rates for school children and adult groups are $3 per person.  

Activities 

For 2022-2023 field trip scholarships, schools will be in up to 3 groups depending on size. 
Phase 1 (10 minutes per): Tour sawroom, tour museum, watch introduction video
Phase 2 (20 minutes per): Water table, cabins, activity 
This will take 90 minutes. We can increase and decrease time depending on what you what to focus on. 

There is the option for the lunch room as well. 
 

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Lunch Room

The museum's classroom can seat 50-75 students for lunch and is available upon request. 

Train and special activities 

For $2 extra per student, The Sawmill Museum's trackless train can take kids on a 15-20 minute ride around the museum grounds. Train can fit 20-24 kids at a time. In addition to a classroom activity or instead of a class activity, the museum also has outside activities like a tree scavenger hunt, playing with historic games, and more. 

Homeschool groups 

The museum offers the same field trip itinerary for homeschool groups as well as a group rate for a homeschool social gathering as long as group is above 15.