Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta doesn’t list a teacher discount on general admission on its Special Offers page. What it does list for educators is a membership discount: qualified educators pay $69 for an Individual Naturalist membership, $109 for Dual Naturalist, $149 for Family Explorer, $169 for Family Adventurer and $219 for Voyager. A valid Educator ID or GA Declaration of Intent form is required yearly.
If you’re near Atlanta and want a membership for your own household, that’s the price to look at. If you’re planning a class trip instead, the sections below cover the educator events and the school group terms the museum lists.
How To Get The Fernbank Museum of Natural History Teacher Discount
The Special Offers page lists the Educator Membership Discount as its educator item, and the Educator Perks page describes it as special discounts on select levels of one-year memberships. To join with it, download the Educator Discount form, then either email your completed application to Membership@FernbankMuseum.org or present it in person at the museum’s Box Office.
The page sets a few limits. The offer isn’t available online, it can’t be combined with any other offer or discount, and two-year memberships aren’t available with it. You’ll need a valid Educator ID or a GA Declaration of Intent form again each year.
Educator Preview Days
The Educator Perks page also lists Educator Preview Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m., available from late summer through spring. You can tour the museum and see a Giant Screen movie, and a Field Trip team member will greet you to discuss program offerings and educator resources and to answer questions. Reservations and an educator ID are required, and the page says to call 404.929.6320.
The Educator Preview Day Event
The museum’s calendar has also listed a one-day Educator Preview Day event. Its page describes a free visit to explore 3 floors of exhibits and says the event is free for educators and one guest. Advanced online reservations are required and space is limited, with one reservation per educator and a limit of 2 complimentary tickets per reservation.
That event has its own date and its own sign-up, so check the event page and the museum’s calendar before you plan around it. The Educator Perks page says Fernbank’s Field Trips newsletter features educator events, among other things, if you’d rather hear about the next one by email.
Bringing A Class
Fernbank’s field trip prices page says special field trip pricing is available for pre-K through 12th grade public and private schools, day cares and home-schooled groups with a letter of intent. Reservations must be made a minimum of 48 hours in advance and are valid for groups of 10 or more. Under its Complimentary Adults column, the page lists one chaperone admission for every 10 students and one driver admission for every 40 students. Those are group terms rather than a discount for an individual teacher, and the page has the student price and the rest of the booking policies.
Which Fernbank This Is
Fernbank describes itself as a nonprofit natural history museum, giant screen theater and old-growth forest, and says it isn’t affiliated with Fernbank Science Center, which operates as a division of DeKalb County Schools.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
The Educator Perks page doesn’t say what Educator Preview Days cost. It lists the days, the tour, the movie and the reservation and ID requirements, but it gives no price and doesn’t use the word free, so we can’t tell you they’re free. Only the separate event page says free. If cost matters, call 404.929.6320 and ask before you go.
None of the pages we read say who counts as an educator. There’s no grade range, no public or private school line and no state, though one of the ways to qualify for the membership price is a GA Declaration of Intent form, which the page doesn’t explain. We also couldn’t tell what the museum accepts as an Educator ID. The Special Offers page gives no end date for the discount and says only that the ID or form is required yearly.
Q&A
Does Fernbank give teachers a discount on general admission?
Not that we found. The Special Offers page’s educator item is the membership discount, and its other discounts are for military, seniors and students.
How much is an educator membership?
The page lists $69 for Individual Naturalist, $109 for Dual Naturalist, $149 for Family Explorer, $169 for Family Adventurer and $219 for Voyager.
Can I join online with the educator price?
No. The page says the offer isn’t available online. You download the Educator Discount form and email it or bring it to the Box Office.
When are Educator Preview Days?
The Educator Perks page lists Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 to 5 p.m., from late summer through spring, with reservations and an educator ID required. The page says to call 404.929.6320.
Do Educator Preview Days cost anything?
The page doesn’t say. Call the number it lists before you go.
Is there a free event for educators?
The museum has listed an Educator Preview Day event that its page says is free for educators and one guest. It needs an advance online reservation, with a limit of 2 complimentary tickets per reservation.
Do chaperones get in free on a school trip?
The field trip prices page lists one complimentary chaperone admission for every 10 students, and one driver admission for every 40 students.
More Information:
The details above come from Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s own Educator Perks, Special Offers, event and field trip prices pages as they loaded when we checked, and programs change without notice. See more entertainment discounts for teachers.
