School tours

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The Milwaukee Art Museum offers a rich variety of school tours designed for preschool through high school students and teachers. These tours introduce works of art and methods for teaching with objects, explore interdisciplinary curriculum applications, and support State and/or District Model Academic Standards.

For non-student group tours, see the group tours page.

Register

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Advance registration is required for all school group tours and programs, including docent-guided and self-guided. Docent availability is limited, and reservations are required at least six to eight weeks in advance of desired date. Complete a separate school tour request for each tour requested.

Admission
Tours are $2 per student. One adult chaperone per 10 students is required, and these adults are admitted free. One additional adult per 10 students is admitted at the student rate of $2 per person. Additional adults must pay the full adult group tour admission price. Fees for other school group programs may vary.

Docent-guided school tours

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Docent-guided tours meet select Wisconsin State Model Academic Standards. On docent-guided tours, one or more trained docents (volunteer educators) designs and leads a unique tour based on gallery availability and your tour selection. Tours are designed to engage students in vibrant discussions and inquiry.

Available docent-guided tours:

• Preschool – Grade 2
• Grades 3–5
• Grades 6–8
• Grades 9–12

Self-guided school tours

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We welcome school groups wishing to schedule a general Museum visit or a visit to a specific area of the Museum without a Milwaukee Art Museum docent. However, self-guided school groups also must submit a tour request form.

Available self-guided tours:

• ArtQuest grades 3-5
• ArtQuest grades 6-8
• ArtQuest grades 9-12
• Art and Poetry grades 6-8

Self-guiding the Museum after your docent-guided tour
If you plan to have your students self-guide a portion of the Museum, please let the tour scheduler know when booking the tour. Consider implementing any gallery assignments and activities you have developed with your students at this time.

Planning your school group visit

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• Visit times
• Group sizes
• Chaperones
• Payment
• Nametags
• What to bring
• Where to enter
• Don’t be late
• Cancellations
• Special needs

School programs

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The Milwaukee Art Museum offers an extensive variety of school programs in collaboration with other local arts organization.

Related links:

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Planning your group visit
Collection
Video + podcasts
Student + teacher
School programs

 

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