School Tours
- Contact:
Tour Scheduler
grouptours@mam.org
700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 224-3842 - Planning Your School Tour
- School Programs
Our docent-guided or staff-led experiences promote critical thinking and interdisciplinary curriculum applications, and support State and District Model Academic Standards. To view Milwaukee Public School Learning Targets for all of our school programs, visit the Milwaukee Arts Education Directory.
Fees and Chaperones
Tours are $4 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 $4 student rate. Non-chaperoning adults must pay $9, the full adult group tour admission price. Fees for other school group programs may vary. Please note groups of 10 or more children are not eligible for the Target® Free First Thursdays free admission offer.You can also submit your registration request online, below, or contact the Tour Scheduler at grouptours@mam.org or 414-224-3842 for more details.
Register for a School Tour today!For All Grades
Art from Many Places and Times
In this overview of the Museum Collection, students acquire basic art vocabulary and critical-looking skills while exploring the making and meaning of art from different cultures.
PK–Grade 3
A Is for Art
Take a tour with the alphabet! Inspired by the book A Is for Art by Marjorie Nelson Moon, explore art from many cultures while reinforcing language development.
Animals in Art
Discover a menagerie of friendly animals and fantastic beasts from different cultures and times in paintings and sculptures.
Exploring Art Through the Senses
Take a journey through the galleries using your imagination: how might artworks smell, taste, feel, and sound?
Line, Shape, and Color
Learn how artists begin to create masterpieces by getting to know the building blocks of art—line, shape, and color.
Storytelling in Art
Imagine, tell, and listen to stories that artists portray in their work.
Grades 4–12
Themes
World Communities
Investigate Western (European and/or American) and non-Western (Haitian, Asian, and/or African) art, discovering similarities, differences, and cross-cultural influences.
Portraiture
Meet the people—and animals—revealed in the portraits throughout the Museum’s galleries.
Sculpture
Steel, glass, bronze, and even buttons make up the three-dimensional works in the Museum’s sculpture collection.
Technique
Glazing, scumbling, impasto, collage, assemblage? These mysterious words are demystified after exploring the many techniques artists use to create their work.
Weather in Art
Link art and science through images that describe weather conditions and seasons.
Foreign Language Tours—French, Spanish, or German
Enhance study of French, Spanish, or German by exploring related art and culture. (Specify your language choice with the Tour Scheduler. Docents for these tours are limited.)
Collections
Feature/Special Exhibition
Take an in-depth look at the exhibitions, which are at the Museum for only a limited time. Take your visit into the classroom with our Teacher Guides.
Museum Architecture
Look inside (and outside) at the Museum’s layers of architectural history, with designs by Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava.
Calatrava: Art, Science, and the Creative Design Process
Follow Santiago Calatrava’s creative process from idea to completion, examining his addition to the Museum, in which he combined nature with state-of-the-art engineering.
American History Through Art
From folk art to fine art, explore works of art that celebrate African American heritage.
Haitian Art
Learn about the culture of this Caribbean country through the Museum’s rich collection of Haitian paintings and sculpture.
Folk Art
In these works by self-taught artists, history and inner visions emerge and people and animals are animated, inviting questions about art and its role in society.
Modern Art
Get to know the “isms,” from Realism and Impressionism to Cubism and Expressionism, by comparing and contrasting art from the mid-1860s onwards.
Contemporary Art
Look at art created after World War II, considering how artists were influenced by the work that came before them.
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