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Homeschool Discounts in Rhode Island

Big-ticket Rhode Island museums and attractions with homeschool discount days — typically 30–50% off for kids, sometimes free.

Updated June 2026 · 6 confirmed programs · 0 call-to-confirm

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but its big family attractions cut real deals for homeschoolers. In Providence's Roger Williams Park, the Zoo runs standards-based programs that bundle a lesson with full admission for $17 a student, the city's Museum of Natural History & Planetarium holds $7 Homeschool Family mornings, and the Providence Children's Museum books homeschool field trips at a flat $14 a person.

Beyond the capital, the value keeps going. In Pawtucket, Old Slater Mill — birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution and now a national park — hosts free Homeschool Days each spring and fall. In Bristol, the living-history Coggeshall Farm runs $12 field-trip programs and seasonal Home School Days, and just down the bay in North Kingstown, the Biomes Marine Biology Center adapts a private hands-on aquarium program to your group for $10 a person.

Confirmed homeschool pricing

Published price on the venue's own homeschool page — most under $20 per child.

Recurring
Sept–June
Standards-based programs
$17
per kid

Roger Williams Park Zoo

Providence · PreK–high school · At-the-Zoo programs run $17/student and include admission; minimum charge $255 if under 15 students, max 25 per program. One free chaperone per 5 students (PreK–1) or per 10 (older); extra chaperones $20. Book via Marcher@rwpzoo.org.

New England's third-oldest zoo, a 40-acre 'living classroom' in Providence's Roger Williams Park. Standards-based programs from September through June bundle a hands-on, keeper-led lesson with full zoo admission for a flat $17 a student — homeschool co-ops book as school groups.

Regular admission: Zoo admission roughly $17–$25 — Educator program plus full zoo admission, $17/student
Homeschool page at rwpzoo.org →
Recurring
Homeschool mornings
Museum closed to public
$7
per kid

Museum of Natural History & Planetarium

Providence · All ages · Homeschool Family Programs run $7 per person (children and adults each register; an adult must attend), 10 am–1 pm with the museum closed to the public — a museum quest, hands-on activity tables, and a workshop or planetarium show. In Roger Williams Park.

Rhode Island's only natural-history museum and planetarium, in Roger Williams Park. Its 'Homeschool Family Programs' give local homeschoolers the whole museum to themselves for a morning of guided quests, hands-on tables, and a workshop or planetarium show — all for $7 a person.

Regular admission: $2 museum / $5 planetarium show — $7 Homeschool Family Program morning (closed to the public)
Homeschool page at providenceri.gov →
When
Field trips
Groups of 5–50
$14
per kid

Providence Children's Museum

Providence · PreK–Grade 5 · Group field trips run $14 per person (children and chaperones) for two hours; groups of 5–50 welcome and homeschool groups are named. Book at least three weeks ahead via groupvisits@childrenmuseum.org.

Two floors of hands-on exhibits where kids build bridges, move water through locks, and explore Rhode Island immigration history. Homeschool and community groups book two-hour field trips at a flat $14 a person, with teacher resource packets and a customizable visit.

Regular admission: $14.50 general admission — Flat $14 group field-trip rate (children and chaperones)
Homeschool page at providencechildrensmuseum.org →
Recurring
Homeschool Days
Each spring & fall
Free
per kid

Old Slater Mill (Blackstone River Valley NHP)

Pawtucket · All ages · Each spring and fall the park hosts a free Homeschool Day at Old Slater Mill — mill tours, nature and birding walks, fiber-arts activities, history-detective workshops, and Junior Ranger drop-ins. All free; pre-registration required for the workshops due to site capacity.

America's first successful water-powered cotton mill (1793) — the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution — is now a National Park Service site. Each spring and fall it runs a free Homeschool Day packed with mill tours, hands-on fiber arts, nature walks, and history workshops.

Regular admission: Free national-park site — Free homeschool days, twice a year
Homeschool page at nps.gov →
When
Field trips & Home School Days
Living history
$12
per kid

Coggeshall Farm Museum

Bristol · PreK–12 · Two-hour living-history field-trip programs run $12 per student and chaperone (teachers free); seasonal Home School Days run $10 per child with accompanying adults free. Book via CoggeshallED@osv.org.

A 48-acre living-history salt-marsh farm in Bristol recreating 1790s tenant-farm life with costumed interpreters, heirloom gardens, and heritage animals. Homeschoolers choose between $12 field-trip programs (colonial trades, ecology, Revolution history) and seasonal Home School Days at $10 a child.

Regular admission: $10 adult / $5 youth admission — $12 living-history field trips; seasonal Home School Days $10/child, adults free
Homeschool page at coggeshallfarm.org →
When
Private program
Mornings, by arrangement
$10
per kid

Biomes Marine Biology Center

North Kingstown · All ages · A 90-minute private morning program adapted to your homeschoolers' level — hands-on exhibits, animal feedings, live demonstrations, and scavenger hunts. $10 per person (children and adults), under 2 free, $300 minimum.

A private marine-science center and aquarium near the South County coast, built around hands-on tanks and live-animal encounters. Its homeschool field trip is a 90-minute private morning program of feedings, touch experiences, and demonstrations, adapted to your group's ages, at $10 a person.

Regular admission: $10/person homeschool rate — Private hands-on aquarium program, $10/person
Homeschool page at biomescenter.com →

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Providence

8 free or cheap
  • WaterFire ProvidenceFree
  • RISD Museum (free hours)Free Sun & Thu evenings (regular $22 adults; under 18 always free)
  • Brown University Campus WalkFree
  • Rhode Island State HouseFree
  • Roger Williams National MemorialFree
  • The Arcade ProvidenceFree entry / Browse and people-watch
  • Providence AthenaeumFree
  • Benefit Street Mile of HistoryFree to walk
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Newport

10 free or cheap
  • Touro Synagogue National Historic Site$12 adults, children under 12 free
  • Trinity Church$5 suggested donation, children free
  • Touro Park & the Newport Tower (Old Stone Mill)Free
  • Common Burying Ground & God's Little AcreFree
  • Sachuest Point National Wildlife RefugeFree
  • Newport Historical Society Self-Guided Walking TourFree
  • Redwood Library & AthenaeumFree
  • Newport Art Museum$20 adults / Free ages 17 and under
  • Bellevue Avenue Mansion Walk (Self-Guided)Free to walk and view from outside
  • Audrain Automobile Museum$18 adults / $8 ages 6–17 / Free under 6
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Block Island

4 free or cheap
  • Block Island Southeast Lighthouse$10 museum / $15 tower tour / $20 combo
  • North LightFree to walk to / Small museum fee in season
  • Old Harbor Walking TourFree
  • Block Island Historical Society MuseumSmall admission fee (~$8)
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Bristol

4 free or cheap
  • Coggeshall Farm Museum$10 adults / $5 youth 4–17 / Free under 3
  • Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum$22 adults / $11 youth 11–16 / $6 youth 6–10 / Free under 5
  • Herreshoff Marine Museum$18 adults / $15 seniors & students / Free 10 & under
  • Audubon Nature Center & Aquarium$10 adults / $7 kids 4–12, seniors & students / Free under 3
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Pawtucket

3 free or cheap
  • Old Slater Mill (Blackstone River Valley NHP)Free grounds (ranger programs free)
  • Daggett HouseSmall admission / by appointment
  • Rhode Island Watercolor SocietyFree gallery admission
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Narragansett

1 free or cheap
  • South County Museum$12 adults / $10 seniors / $5 children 6–12 / Free under 6
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