School Visits & Partnerships
Plan a field trip
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We are able to accommodate a limited number of guided K–12 and community group visits, coordinated by our Public Practice team. To schedule a guided or self-guided group tour, please complete a Tour Request Form. For additional information, contact Jillian Huttel at jillhutt@uchicago.edu or 773.834.1960.
About our K–12 School visit program
Tours at the Smart Museum kickstart a tailored journey into the world of ideas.
Facilitated by our community of expert museum educators, tours are participatory and experiential. Students explore exhibitions to collectively ask big questions and collaboratively find meaning in the artworks. Tours are designed to allow students to shine by drawing upon their interests and insights.
Connecting to course work
Museum staff will coordinate with classroom teachers ahead of time to ensure that the tour experience makes the most relevant connections to course work. All tours are created to be as inspiring as possible, inviting students to be active participants in their own learning and to open new ideas sparked by the experience with art.
- Offered free of charge
- Tours can be modified as necessary, generally last 90 minutes, and are adapted to be grade-level appropriate
- Tours of the Smart Museum are available to all schools
- A tour at the Smart Museum is a first toward deeper partnership opportunities, including school residency programs and collaboratively designed school engagements.
Resources
- Educator's Guide for Meiji Modern (PDF)
- Calling on the Past Educator's Guide (PDF)
- Spilling Over, in partnership with Black Moon Trio, music and resources inspired by the life and works of Bob Thompson, including program notes (PDF) and a parent/teacher Guide (PDF)
- Monochrome Multitudes Educator's Guide (PDF)
