Come join Wakeman on a trip to NYC to see the home of the Heisman Trophy and has more than 50 single-sport Halls of Fame. The Sports Museum of America is an interactive, multimedia experience connecting our visitors to the sports they love through leading technology as well as memorabilia and iconic artifacts donated by single-sport Halls of Fame, Museums, individual athletes and private collectors. From the moment you step through our doors, you will be immersed in an intimate, multi-sensory environment where you can relive your favorite goose-bump moments in sports history - thrilling athletic feats, record-setting triumphs, and heartwarming and heartbreaking stories that transcend sports. And with more than 600 artifacts, 1,100 photos, and 20 original films within 19 galleries, you can choose to experience highlights of all sports in 90 jam-packed minutes or immerse yourself for hours in the great sports stories that touch us all so deeply. We will leave from Wakeman at 12:00pm and return by 4:30pm (depending on traffic) on Saturday, September 27th. Please make sure your child eats lunch before they go as they are not allowed to have food in the museum. They may bring snacks for the van ride there and back. Space is limited to 13 members. Registration begins September 4th.

Wrapped in the glow of twinkling lights, model trains and trolleys zip along over bridges and on winding tracks past scaled replicas of New York landmarks. Orange slices, cinnamon sticks, poppy pods, pine cones and other plant parts make a festive brew as the materials used to create the more than 140 architectural reproductions. Among the favorites are the Empire State Building, the Little Red Lighthouse, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the borough’s own Yankee Stadium. The sounds and sites of locomotives with names such as Holiday Steam Engine and the North Pole and Snowflake Railroad evoke more magic than even Hogwarts Express. New to the show this year are two famous gateways to New York: Ellis Island, the symbol of America to the 12 million immigrants who passed through its doors from east of the Atlantic, and the George Washington Bridge, the 75-year-old portal to New York for those west of the Hudson River. We will leave Wakeman at 10:30am and return by 4:30pm on Saturday, December 6th. Registration begins November 3rd at 10am. Space is limited to 13 members. All participants may either bring a bag lunch or purchase lunch there.