Discover shapes and patterns that will make you say “Ge-O-My!” during a docent-guided, geometry-themed tour of the Museum, and then go hands-on at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum with guided exploration and play.

• Grades 1–3
• 4 hours
• $4 per student; additional fees apply for Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
• Register with the Museum, and then call the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum at 414-390-5473.

What do art, science, and technology have in common? Design! Immerse students in the creative design process, inspired by architect Santiago Calatrava. After exploring the Calatrava-designed addition to the Museum, students visit Discovery World for an adventure in prototyping and industrial automation in the Rockwell Automation Dream Machine.

• Grades 6–8
• 2½ hours
• $4 per student; additional fees apply for Discovery World
• Register with the Museum, and then call Discovery World at 414-765-8625.

Extend your MSO Concert for Schools experience with a docent-guided tour of the Museum’s works of art that relate to concert themes. See complete list of program dates, concerts, and tour topics.

• Grades K–12, dates vary
• $4 per student; additional fees apply for MSO
• Register with the Museum, and then schedule your concert at www.mso.org.

One day only! Wisconsin history comes alive in an interactive performance by storyteller/performer Bob Kann, and in works of art from the Museum’s Collection. This program is completely connected to state history curriculum and includes everything from artifacts and folk art to Wisconsin legends such as Harry Houdini, and weird-but-true inventions (ice cream sundaes, anyone?).

• Grades 3–5
• 2 hours
• $8 per student and chaperone
• Register online or call 414-224-3842.

The environment, and your imagination, plays an important role in unearthing the history of sculpture. Learn sculpture inside and out—or better said, indoors and outdoors!—at these two important Milwaukee institutions.

• Grades 1–12
• $4 per student; additional fees apply for Lynden Sculpture Garden
• Register with the Museum, and then call Lynden Sculpture Garden at 414-446-8481.

This tour, inspired by Milwaukee Writing Project teaching strategies and grounded in the Six Traits of Writing framework, introduces the Museum as a place of inspiration for writing. After receiving their own Museum journal/sketchbooks, students look closely at works of art, using a variety of writing skills, developing a descriptive word bank, and practing “low stakes” writing..

• Grades 4–8
• 1½ hours, $6 per student

Young writers and artists use the Museum as inspiration for nonfiction writing or artwork in this one-day, statewide conference. Through brainstorming, drafting, revising, and working with peers, they produce a finished manuscript or artwork that is then published. The Museum collaborates with the Kettle Moraine School District for this special program.

• Grades 5–12
• 1 day only, $75 per student
• Download Registration Form (PDF) or register at www.wisconsinwrites.com.

Be the artist! Students explore the Museum’s Collection on a tour of your choice, and then create their own work of art in the studio. Museum staff will design a project that fits your curriculum.

• Grades PK–12
• 2½ hours
• $8 per student
• Register online or call 414-224-3842.

A visit to the Herzfeld Print, Drawing, and Photography Study Center offers a special opportunity to get up-close and personal with works on paper. Create a custom list or choose from the following themes: African American artists; architecture; figures and portraits; history and techniques of photography; history and techniques of printmaking; Latin American artists; modern and contemporary art; mythology; natural sciences; and women artists.

• Grades 11 and above
• 45 minutes, $5 per student
• The instructor is required to lead the lecture
• Register with Curatorial Assistant or 414-224-3817.

Prepare your Visual Arts Classic team with a workshop at the Museum. Students will explore the history and context of works of art that either relate to or are by artists in the competition theme. (Please note: Many, but not all of the artists in the theme are represented in the Museum’s Collection.)

• Grades 9–12
• 1¾ hours
• $4 per student
• Register online or call 414-224-3842.