For Educators

Foster your students' learning and your own in workshops and events and with online, print, and other resources.

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K-12 Educator Programs

The Museum offers a variety of programs designed for K–12 educators that explore objects in the Museum's collections, interdisciplinary curriculum integration, and methods for teaching with objects.

School Groups

Teachers and their students may explore the Museum's encyclopedic collection either with a Museum guide or independently. Appointments are required of all school groups visiting the Museum.

Lesson Plans and Pre-visit Guides

Search for lesson plans that integrate learning about works of art in your classroom and pre-visit guides to selected collections that help prepare for a self-guided visit with your students.

Nolen Library

Introduce your students to the richness and diversity of works of art in selected collections of the Museum. These comprehensive and fully illustrated guides provide useful background information and ideas for engaging students.

Pre-Visit Guides

Plan a class trip to the Museum using the tips, collection overviews, and featured works in these pre-visit guides.

Events_Educators

The Museum invites educators to engage curriculum topics and skills through experiences with works of art.

See a list of upcoming K–12 educator programs.

Timeline

Search this chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world.