Tours for K-12 School Groups
Guided tours last 60 minutes for K-12 summer groups and include hands-on art activities that relate artworks from the tour. On their tour, students will discuss a total of 5-7 artworks in multiple exhibitions. Guided tours engage students in discussion about the artwork on view while encouraging critical thinking and the development of higher-order processing skills.
ART PASSPORT
Recommended for grades K-8
Available June 11 – August 22, 2013
Available for summer camp groups, year-round schools, and home school groups. With a focus on fun hands-on activities, students examine and explore art from various exhibitions on this interactive tour designed specifically for summer visitors.
THE ART OF OBSERVATION
Recommended for grades 8-12
Available June 11 – August 22, 2013
Introduce your students to how the skills of observation transfer between the art museum and the science classroom, or laboratory. Students will compare and contrast their observations with those of their classmates. Students will also consider how memory, communication, and previous experiences may impact observations.
Nudity Disclaimer: The Nasher Museum of Art would like to make you aware that the following exhibition contains some works that display the nude human figure: Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey. The museum realizes that teaching children about nudity can be a sensitive issue and a challenge. The artworks containing nudity will not be featured on our K-12 tours. However, they are visible in the galleries that students will be visiting. Our Education staff will be happy to answer any questions you may have about nudity in the galleries prior to your museum visit.
Requesting a K-12 Guided Tour
Before requesting a K-12 Guided Tour, please check this calendar for tour availability. Tour times listed on the calendar are currently available for the number of students listed in parenthesis.
This calendar will be updated as often as possible, but it does not reflect a “real-time” schedule of K-12 tour reservations.
Request a guided or self-guided K-12 visit
SELF-GUIDED TOURS
Self-guided groups or teacher-led school tours are permitted in all of our galleries. We highly recommend that educators preview exhibitions prior to the student visit to assure the content in each gallery is age appropriate.
Self-guided visits must be scheduled in advance.
Before requesting a K-12 Guided Tour, please check this calendar for tour availability. Tour times listed on the calendar are currently available for the number of students listed in parenthesis.
This calendar will be updated as often as possible, but it does not reflect a “real-time” schedule of K-12 tour reservations.
Request a guided or self-guided K-12 visit
PREPARING FOR YOUR K-12 TOUR
What to Expect during a Guided Tour at the Nasher Museum of Art
- Inquiry-based tour approach where students and Gallery Guide discuss artworks.
- Opportunity to practice critical thinking skills.
- Focused discussions on a selected group of about 6-10 works of art.
- All guided tours meet multiple North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Standards.
- Tours engage multiple learning styles.
Special Needs
Help us create an inclusive program. Please inform us in advance of any students with cognitive, emotional or physical disabilities in your group. We will do our best to adapt the program to best meet everyone’s needs.
Class Size
Classes will tour the museum in groups of 10 -15 students. Usually we can accommodate a maximum of 60 students per tour time.
Chaperones for Guided Tours
–Grades K-5: 1 chaperone for every 5 students.
–Grades 6-8: 2 chaperones for every 15 students.
–Grades 9-12: 1 chaperone for every 15 students.
Chaperones for self-guided groups: We require 1 chaperone for every 5 students.
Lunch
K-12 school groups may eat lunch or snacks in the Community Classroom only if this space is reserved in advance. The Community Classroom seats a maximum of 32 people. Weather permitting, school groups may picnic on museum grounds in designated areas only. Outside food and drink are not permitted anywhere else in the museum or on museum grounds.
BUS SCHOLARSHIPS
Bus scholarships are available for a limited number of K-12 guided field trips to the museum. Please contact nashered@duke.edu, or call 919-684-1169, to find out if your school qualifies.
QUESTIONS ABOUT K-12 TOURS
Contact the Education Associate
nashered@duke.edu / 919-684-1169