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School Program
Ethnic Markets
Public Art
Lake View
Using Cleveland as a Resource

Youth Tours

Book a Youth Tour
What you should know in advance - Please read this first

• Call Trolley Tours as early as possible!
  May 1 - June 10 is our busiest time. If you can tour in the fall, winter, or early spring, you have a better selection of dates & times. If you must tour in May / June, please have several dates and times when you call us.
• We will send you a contract.
  Trolley Tours requires a school district purchase order for the full amount of your tour and your signed contract within 14 days or a credit card deposit of $100 to hold your trolley(s).
• All Tours depart from the Powerhouse at Nautica on the West bank of Cleveland's Flats unless otherwise arranged. Please check in at least 15 minutes before your tour time with an accurate count of students and adults. There is free parking for school busses at Nautica. Directions to Nautica can be downloaded from our website or we can mail them to you.
• Ethnic Market Tours without the West Side Market may be booked for any weekday. The Market is open on Mon-Wed-Fri-Sat only.
• Trolley Tours is proud to provide an informative and fun learning experience. We expect all students to conduct themselves like young ladies and gentlemen while on the tour. Teachers, chaperones, and students are expected to give their full attention to the tour guide in order to receive full value for the tour. If the group makes it difficult for the tour gude to conduct the tour, the tour may be terminated early without refund to the school.
• Charters are available for additional fees.

School Program for Grades 1-12 Basic City Tour Big Buildings and History can be fun, especially on Lolly the Trolley's Historic City Tour! Tailored to the grade level and interests of your students, the past, present, and future of Cleveland come alive in just one hour.

 

YOUR GROUP WILL SEE & LEARN ABOUT:

North Coast Harbor, home to the Wm. G. Mather Steamship, USS COD Submarine, Burke Lakefront Airport, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center, the new Browns Football Stadium & the Port of Cleveland.
Ohio City, an early settlement and home to both the county's oldest church (which played an important part in the African-American fabric of Cleveland) & the world famous West Side Market.
Downtown Cleveland's historic and contemporary buildings, monuments, and public art.
The Warehouse District, Cleveland's first Downtown - now a new place for people to live, work & play.
The Flats and the mighty Cuyahoga River where Cleveland and its industries both got their start.
The Gateway area with Gund Arena & Jacobs Field where a different kind of history is made!

Upon request, we can provide teachers with a short post-tour quiz for classroom use and we invite teachers to share curriculum requirements and their focus of study with us in advance of the tour. *Please advise us if you have special needs students.

Price per person (including adults): $6.50 from our station
1 VIP ticket per 30 students for City Tour only.

Think about adding a stop at the William G Mather Steamship Museum, the USS Cod Sumbarine or the Women's Int'l Air & Space Museum at Burke Airport to your day in Cleveland.

Mini-Ethnic Markets Tour
For Language, Social Studies, Culinary, & Diversity Classes

Children and food . . . a natural combination! Option #1 provides your students with our One Hour City Tour, then you choose stops at three of five markets which may include: Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Rim, Italian, German, Spanish, and the famous West Side Market. Spend half a day experiencing the unique smells, sounds and tastes of ethnic life.

Or Option #2 lets your class visit five area ethnic markets with no City Tour. This option gives your group significantly more time to linger and expore the cultural diversity of each stop. Go around the world in just a few hours! West Side Market dropoff is available at the end of the tour. Allow 3 hours for each option from the Powerhouse.

Price for either tour option:
$13.00 per person from our station including driver gratuity and teacher's Ethnic Markets Study Guide.
(Minimum of 25 ppl. required per trolley)

Public Art Tour
For Humanities, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, and Social Studies Classes

Cleveland is a treasure of sculptures, public art pieces and architectural wonders that were created over the last 100 years. These 3 hour tours open your group's eyes & minds to Cleveland's cultural offerings. A basic Teacher's Discussion Guide will be given when you book the tour.

Option #1: This tour includes our One Hour Historic Tour with time for the teacher & students to explore on foot the art & architecture of Public Square, the Old Arcade, the Library and Gateway or the West Side Market.

Option #2: This very visual tour covers nearly all outdoor public art pieces between Downtown and University Circle, with no city tour. The focus is to see and think for later discussion in class. Stops can be included for photography, quick sketching, or just to investigate a work of art.

Price: $13.00 per person from our station
(Minimum 25 ppl. required per trolley)

 

Lake View: Our Garden of History

Lake View Cemetery is an excellent teaching tool. History, sculpture, architecture, botany, photographic opportunities, . . . they're all here! Our mini narrated tour of this famous "garden of history" is a must for students of all ages!

The tour includes stops at the Garfield Presidential Memorial and the Tiffany-designed Wade Chapel while viewing the monuments of Cleveland's celebrities and statesmen and hearing their stories. Fall is a special time at Lake View, with the foliage in its bright array signaling the end of summer . . . Spring is the time for the full spectrum of color in the gardens and the promise of summer. Allow 2 hours for this tour.

Price: $13.00 per person
(Minimum of 25 ppl. required for this trolley)