The 2024-2025 Field Trip Season has ended.

Thank you for an incredible year!

To book a field trip for the 2025–2026 academic year, please visit this webpage in August 2025 for updated scheduling information.

LIGO in Livingston Louisiana offers field trips on a daily basis Tuesday - Friday.  LIGO's Science Education Center is a unique field trip opportunity that allows students to interact with scientists and engineers doing real science, and to experience hands on science through our interactive exhibit hall.

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Time:  Field trips vary in length from 2 - 3 1/2 hours.  During the summer we only offer 2 hour field trips.

• 2 hour field trips consist of a tour and time visiting our exhibit hall which consists of 50 interactive science exhibits (a mini-science museum)!
• 3 - 3 1/2 hour field trips consist of the tour,  exhibit hall time, classroom activity  & time to eat lunch if across lunch time.  Choice of classroom activities are listed in the field trip form below.

Cost:  There is no cost (yes, the field trip experience is FREE)

Lunches:  Students/Schools & adults must bring their own lunches with them to LIGO as there are no facilities to buy lunches on-site!!!

Number of students:  We can currently accommodate up to 64 students in a single day for a field trip that includes a classroom activity (staffing dependent).  If additional capacity is needed, we will review your request and discuss the possibility of spliting the group across multiple days.

REQUIREMENTS:

• We have limited capacity and recommend 1 adult (teacher or chaperone) per 15-30 children.
• BUSES MUST REMAIN ON SITE DURING THE FIELD TRIP.  LIGO Livingston is in a remote location and is sensitive to vibrations. For the safety of the children and to ensure the proper functioning of LIGO's instruments, buses MUST remain on-site while the school children are at LIGO.
• Please fill out the field trip form (when available) as early as possible.  LIGO's field trip spots fill up quickly.
• PRIORITY Scheduling 
  • ​Teachers who attended this past summer's teacher workshops get priority scheduling if they submit their requests by October 1st.
  • If you did not attend a PD workshop this past summer, then you should still submit an online request. However, if you want to visit after Oct. 22, 2025, we will not process your request until October. 
  • When scheduling field trips, we give priority in the following order: 
    • 1st Recent teacher workshop attendees,
    • 2nd Past teacher workshop attendees, and then
    • 3rd Earliest submitted requests. 

Students exploring an exhibit