Regional Field Trip Scholarships

The Texas State History Museum Foundation partners with generous funders to provide scholarships for transportation and lunches for economically-challenged classrooms to attend field trips at the Bullock Museum.

Purpose: Museum experiences inspire curiosity and ignite a lifelong passion for learning. Field trip activities may include gallery and exhibit visits, educational films, and special programs like American Indian Heritage Day and STEAM labs.

Problem Addressed: While the Bullock Museum provides free admission to students on classroom field trips, transportation costs and lunch program barriers have prevented some students from attending.

Coverage: Scholarships cover the cost of transportation and lunches.

Eligibility

• Primary Criteria: Title 1 status schools
• Geographic Scope: Specific Texas counties in designated regional funds:
  • Central Texas: Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Coryell, Fayette, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Lee, Mason, McLennan, Medina, Real, Travis, Uvalde, and Williamson Counties
  • Hill Country (Betsy and Hughes Abell Hill Country Fund): Llano, Milam, San Saba Counties
  • Houston Area (John M. O'Quinn Foundation Houston Area Fund): Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties
  • Midland: Midland ISD
  • San Antonio: Bexar County
  • South Texas (Lee and Ramona Bass South Texas Fund): Brooks, Kenedy, Maverick, and Zavala Counties

Priority: Priority is given to classrooms making a first visit to the Bullock Museum.

Contact Information

• Contact: Jacqui Schraad
• Phone: 512-320-8204
• Address: TSHMF, P.O. Box 12456, Austin, TX 78711
• Email: Available through website contact form

How to Apply

1. Visit the Bullock Museum's field trip booking webpage
2. Complete the field trip booking form
3. You will be prompted about scholarship eligibility and application as you complete the booking
4. Scholarships are promoted directly to local school districts and on the Bullock's field trip sign-up webpage