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Field Trips

Field Trips

Get ready to explore part of Purdue’s beautiful West Lafayette campus during your assigned Grandparents University field trip!

Information regarding field trip assignments can be found in your June 1 announcement email.

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Icon showing a cello and it's bow

Bands and Orchestras

This tour will introduce you to Hagle Hall, the new home for Purdue Bands and Orchestras, and give you an up-close look at the “All-American” Marching Band’s Big Bass Drum.

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Icon showing a gear with a lightbulb in the middle

Bechtel Innovation Design Center

Join Boilermakers on a guided tour as they show demonstrations of various machinery offered in the design center, and then test your skills in a STEM activity.

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Icon showing front of a bus

Campus Bus Tour

Ride through campus and hop off the bus to see iconic landmarks, participate in Purdue traditions like “Crossing the Tracks,” and then quench your thirst with a Pete Pop.

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Icon of a Person wearing virtual reality goggles

Envision Center

Immerse yourself in a virtual-reality experience and discover some of Purdue’s state-of-the-art innovations through augmented reality and 3D data modeling.

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Icon showing an airplane

Purdue Airport

Explore the first university-owned airport in the nation as you go through the hangar, airframe lab, engine lab, dispatch, and simulator building.

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Icon showing a swimmer

Purdue Athletics: Swimming and Diving

This tour will take you through the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center, home of the Purdue swimming and diving team and several Boilermaker Olympians.

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Office of Special Events 

Phone: 765-494-0900

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QUESTIONS? CONTACT US!

Office of Special Events 

Phone: 765-494-0900

Email: specialevents@purdueforlife.org