Palace Scholars Field Trips

“It is so rewarding to see students smile when they hear a guide use a vocabulary word or fact that they have learned in the classroom setting.  A visit to Tryon Palace helps bring history alive for them!”

– Educator at Pink Hill Elementary School 

North Carolina’s Title I schools often face funding challenges for experiential learning programs that enrich the traditional curriculum. In 2019, the Palace Scholars Award Program was established to offset the costs of a field trip to Tryon Palace, offering funding for admission, substitute teacher fees, and transportation. Supported with private funding, the Palace Scholars Award Program makes a visit to Tryon Palace and the North Carolina History Center more accessible.

Palace tours and costumed interpretation engage elementary through high school students with colonial history. Students build their cultural and historical understanding of North Carolina’s heritage as they explore the site of North Carolina’s first colonial and state capitol.