Adult Programs

If you would like to schedule a trip for your community group, please use our website to book your trip below. If you have any questions please contact us at education@kingmanor.org. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Keep scrolling to read about our programs and review booking policies!

Pricing

The following prices are per tour, up to a maximum of 32 participants (teachers, paraprofessionals, caregivers, and adult chaperones always visit free of charge!). Price includes an educator-led program inside the Manor and a creative activity module.

King Manor accepts all forms of payment including cash, checks, purchase orders, and credit card payments.

10 Participants & under

$50

16-24 participants

$150

11-15 participants

$90

25+ participants

$200

 Booking Policies

By booking a group or school trip to King Manor, you agree to the following deposit and cancellation policies.


Deposits & Date Transfers

A $25 deposit per class/tour group must be made fourteen (14) business days prior to your trip date. This deposit is the only way to secure your trip. The remainder of your balance is due on or before the day of your visit. Deposits are non-refundable.

Deposits may be transferred to a new trip date with no penalty up to two (2) business days after booking your tour. All deposit transfers after this period will be subject to a $10 transfer fee per transaction. 

Cancellations

Cancellations may be made up to seven (7) days prior to your date of visit. All cancellations or no-shows after this period will be subject to a 75% fee on the remaining balance of your booking cost.

Confirmation

Within 48 hours of making your deposit, your contact will receive an email with confirmation of your booking along with an invoice. If you do not make your deposit, the date and time of your visit is still available for others to book. Unfortunately, paying the deposit is the only way to remove the date and time of your trip from our calendar of available days.

Covid-19 Policy

  • Masks over the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged of all students, educators, education professionals, and adult chaperones for the entire duration of the program.

  • Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and do our best to keep New York City safe!

Group Policies

  • All groups must make a reservation to visit.

  • King Manor can only accommodate up to 32 students per day (1 class) due to limited space.

  • Groups must stay together at all times within the museum.

  • School programs can only be booked on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

  • All programs are approximately two (2) hours long, including an educator-led tour inside King Manor and a creative activity. Programs begin at 10:30am, please call to reserve a later time slot.

  • Groups are only entitled to their original time slot, 10:30am-12:30pm. If you are late, we regret that your program will end at 12:30pm.

  • Limited parking is available upon request, but we cannot accommodate large buses. School buses typically unload on Jamaica Avenue in front of the park. Our parking lot is available for wheelchair-accessible vans! Please call (718) 206-0545 x. 110 if you would like to reserve parking for your group.

  • We require one (1) chaperone per 10 children. Teachers and chaperones must remain with their group at all times. Teachers, caregivers, paraprofessionals, and chaperones are always free!

  • Educators may shorten or end a tour if visitors are behaving in a way that is potentially harmful to the historic site.

Choose Your Program

Life at King Manor

Come to King Manor and learn more about the day to day lived experiences of Founding Father Rufus King, his family, and the servants at King Manor. Participants will explore this historic home and come away with a greater understanding of historical technology, politics, education, farming, and architecture.


The Revolution in New York

What was it like to live in New York and Long Island during the American Revolution? What was at stake for the ordinary people caught up in the middle? Participants will have the chance to consider the social and military history of the Revolutionary War for those residing in Jamaica, Queens. Discover how people in New York City experienced the war, British occupation, and find out how America changed once the war was over.


From Slavery to Suffrage

Groups will explore founding father Rufus King’s antislavery advocacy, New York State’s manumission laws, and key Black activists of the 19th century working toward equality. Using our historic site, touch objects, documents, King’s antislavery work, and new research into the free Black community of Douglaston in Jamaica Village, participants will be challenged to discuss the social and political landscape of the early American Republic and make connections to modern-day civics.


Design Solutions of the 18th and 19th Centuries!

Are you a fan of architecture and decorative style of Historic Homes? Join this tour that shares the ways that people of the 18th and 19th Centuries designed their homes to solve everyday problems and adapt their homes to everchanging needs.

Choose Your Activity

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Quills & Ink

Participants will get to try writing letters using quill pens and ink, just as Rufus King and his family would have in the 18th century. Whether you wish to make a piece of art or pen a letter the choice is yours! For an additional challenge you can also try following a 19th-century oak gall ink recipe, learning the chemistry and practicality behind the same ink used to write the Constitution.

*Please note this activity is messy and ink can cause permanent stains.

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Create your own Mirror

FOR EVERYONE!

We recommend this activity alongside our Design Solutions tour! In this activity participants will have the chance to create their own mirror using non breakable materials. This is perfect for practicing reflecting light and decorating your own home!

Historic Games

For Everyone!

Students try their hand at outdoor games played in the 18th and 19th centuries! A favorite with all ages and abilities. Students will try Hoop and Stick, as well as the Game of Graces, to learn about play in the 1800s.

If weather is poor on the day of your trip, a historic craft will be substituted at the museum’s discretion.

 
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American Revolution Spycraft

In the summer of 1778, George Washington ordered Major Benjamin Tallmadge to organize a network to spy on the British during their occupation of New York City, an operation now known as the Culper Spy Ring. Learn about the spy network’s operations right here in Queens! Participants will make their own Caesar Cipher tool like those used by Tallmadge’s agents, then decode a secret message based on the Battle of Long Island. For an additional challenge groups can try using the Culper Code, a numerical code used by Tallmadge’s agents that proved an invaluable asset to the patriot cause.

This activity is best paired with the Revolution in New York program.

 

Activist Signs

What are you most passionate about? By linking past historical American movements such as abolition and women’s right to vote, groups will find inspiration from 19th, 20th, and 21st-century demonstration signage and incorporate what they are passionate about today to create their own meaningful activism signs. Examples can include environmentalism, #BlackLivesMatter, and book censorship.

This activity is best paired with the From Slavery to Suffrage program.

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