Whether you visit one of the museums or bring the museum to your classroom, MoSH has a variety of topics, lesson plans, and materials for your students.
Field Trips
Create the perfect field trip for your class, and choose from a variety of field trip offerings including:
- Exhibit tours
- Facilitated Labs
- Giant Screen Theater films
- Planetarium shows
- Lichterman Nature Center
- The Mallory-Neely House
To book a field trip, please complete this form, and a member from our education team will follow up to confirm details.
Suitcases
Spark the imagination of your students with teaching objects, lesson plans, and educational displays packed inside rolling trunks and available FREE to use in Tennessee classrooms for two-week periods.
- Suitcases are packed with K-8 lesson plans & hands on teaching materials
- Lessons are aligned with TN Science & Social Studies curriculum standards
- Free to all Tennessee schools
- Available for use in classrooms or libraries
- Suitcases can be delivered to MSCS schools – all other school must pick up at the Pink Palace Museum & Mansion
For more information about suitcases, please email Sandie Edwards. To reserve your suitcase, call 901-636-2362 Wednesday – Sunday between 10:30am and 5pm.
Suitcase topics
Earth & Science
- Earthquakes
- Fossils
- Planet & Solar System
- Rocks & Minerals
- Sun & Moon
- Weather
Life Science
- Dinosaurs
- Magnifiers
- Microscopes
- Plant Reproduction
- Science of Small
- Skulls/Predator & Prey
- Trees & Leaves
Physical Science
- Electric Circuits
- Electricity
- Magnets & Magnetism
Social Studies
- Civil War
- Native Americans
Passports
Passports are your students’ ticket to learning. These outreach kits feature hands-on science and social studies teaching materials available for use in Memphis area classrooms for two-week periods. Objects that support science or social studies curriculums are packed into a tool box-style container with photos, activity cards and other materials.
- Passports are packed with K-8 lesson plans & hands on teaching materials
- Lessons are aligned with TN Science & Social Studies curriculum standards
- Free to all Tennessee schools
- Available for use in classrooms or libraries
- Suitcases can be delivered to MSCS schools – all other school must pick up at the Pink Palace Museum & Mansion
For more information about passports, please email Sandie Edwards. To reserve your passport, call 901-636-2362 Wednesday – Sunday between 10:30am and 5pm.
Passport Topics
Microscopes
- Animal & Plant Cell Models
- Animal Cell Mitosis Models
- Compound Light Microscope with Prepared Slide Sets
- Giant Animal Cell Model and/or Giant Plant Cell Model
- 10 Microslide Viewers with Set of Slide Strips
Social Studies
- Arts in The Bluff City
- Clarence Saunders: Entrepreneur
- Hometown Heroes: Milly Swann, Julia Hooks, Ida B. Wells, Robert R. Church, Earnest Withers
- Sports in The Bluff City: Memphis Red Sox, Sputnik Monroe, Penny Hardaway
- Yellow Fever
- Primary Sources & Documents
Earth & Life Science
- Extreme Cold Weather Gear
- Insects
- Leaves
- Sharks
- Tree Cookies
- Weather Instruments
- Weddell Seals
- Pollinators
- Dinosaurs
Fitness & Nutrition
- Fit Kids
- Learning Labels
Membership
Teachers and educators are eligible for 10% off a MoSH membership. Benefits include:
- Access to the exhibits at the Pink Palace Museum and Mansion, Lichterman Nature Center, and our Historic Homes
- Best prices on all programs and ticketed special events at all locations
- 1/2 price tickets to the Giant Screen Theater
- 1/2 price tickets to the AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium.
- 10% off every day in the museum shop
- Reciprocal Benefits with access to over 580 museums worldwide through ASTC and SERM