As a nonprofit educational institution, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to helping every fan learn more about the game, its rich history, and its impact on our culture. The institution provides interactive online learning experiences that align with national learning standards and a robust lineup of virtual programs for diverse audiences.
The museum currently offers K–12 students and teachers 15 baseball-themed curriculum components that feature all the major subject areas, including science, technology, engineering, math, social studies, character education, the arts and humanities. The lesson plans can be delivered by the museum’s teachers in Cooperstown or virtually into the classroom. They may also be downloaded and utilized in the classroom at no cost.
To support the delivery of the Civil Rights History curriculum and the Women’s History curriculum in a classroom setting, the museum provides School Resource Kits at no cost to public schools, while supplies last. Each kit contains books, facsimile objects from the Hall of Fame Archives and Collections, school supplies, printed materials, lesson plans, virtual resources, and a 3D reproduction of an artifact. The Civil Rights History kit is available for Rookie Level (grades 3–5) classrooms. The Women’s History kit is available for Intermediate Level (grades 6–8) classrooms.
Plus: The museum has launched one of the largest initiatives in the institution’s history. The Black Baseball Initiative will inspire people through the stories of those who overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to play the game they loved. The Black Baseball Initiative includes a full lineup of outreach programs, such as an online interactive for students to explore the stories of Black baseball, virtual programs, grants to fund in-person school visits, as well as the Civil Rights History Kit that is being delivered to classrooms around the country at no cost.