Our signed, first-edition books are priceless, but we need books we can handle too! Our exhibits include books to extend understanding with the average price of $18 for a hardcover picturebook.

Each exhibit includes hands-on activity centers that include materials to paint or draw with, glue, scissors, paper, maps and artifacts with an average cost of $29.

So much learning results in a productive mess! Our cleaning supplies add up to $52 and include microfiber cloths, multi-surface cleaner and hand sanitizer.

Our exhibits include 4 to 5 hands-on activity centers costing an average of $29 in materials. Give $116 to provide a full round of activities and help create multiple connections between visitors and the exhibit.

We never charge a school or other group to visit. Tally up all the activity materials and text sets, then add costs for borrowing an exhibit or launching one we curate from our archives, and the total averages to $179 per field trip.

Text sets are a collection of children's books on a theme that we curate for each exhibit, and each exhibit includes a minimum of two. Make a gift of $360 for the text sets.

We work with international partners on the exhibits and are often the first stop in the United States, which means we often have costs around customs and shipping. For $750 you can cover the shipping costs of an international exhibit.

The field trips are the fun part of our exhibits, and the art is the foundation. Help us expand our archives collection with high-quality illustrations from talented artists with a gift of $2,000.