a list of ideas for Art teachers looking for content programs from museums

No Cost

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

Will connect to one school per session

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Trying to schedule the American Indian for 4^th grade Social Studies

Award Winning

• Cleveland Museum of Art

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  $135 per campus or $75 if you share with another school

• Amon Carter

programs descriptions aligned to your curriculum/expectations

 $100

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Art of the American West (grades 6–12)

This program brings American history to life! Working with images, students analyze the ways in which important artists have interpreted the western United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This program promotes and improves students’ observation and critical thinking skills while making connections between art and history. After the videoconference, continue exploring the theme by using supporting lesson plans from the Carter’s online teaching guide Inspiring Visions: Artists’ Views of the American West.

• Albany Institute of Art

  $125

  The Rise of Modern America

  (grades 8-12) Photographs, objects, works of art and other primary sources from the late 19^th century will provide students with connections to this fascinating time period in American History. This lesson focuses on American art and culture, manufacturing, transportation, expansion, urbanization and society from the 1870s to the early 20^th century.

Other Museums

• Cincinnati Art Museum

  $100

Beyond the Gallery: The Cincinnati Art Museum Un-Hung

This program will give students a behind the scenes look at the Cincinnati Art Museum.  Students will get to discover the hidden world of storage, conservation, and hanging a show.  This introduction to museum work will give students a better understanding of how and why art work is cared for, stored, and displayed.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art

  programs descriptions aligned to your curriculum/expectations

  - $100

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• Philadelphia Museum of Art

  - $110

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American Art: From Colony to Nation

Students explore early American life by examining and discussing paintings and furniture from George Washington’s day.

• National Gallery

  – no VC that I can find

  other resources for you

http://www.nga.gov/onlinetours/index.shtm - online tours

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/

National Cowgirl Museum

Our interactive programs last approximately 45 minutes and are $100.00 per program. Typically times can be set to match class schedules although to have this program take place in the actual gallery, it would be best to offer it before 9 and after 1:30. I know that may be somewhat limiting, so we can always use photos and discuss the art that way – then we are very flexible with time. 817/509-8697

Museum lessons

• Guggenheim Museum: Curriculum Online

  Provides teachers with curriculum materials to support the use of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s exhibitions and collections both during school visits and in the classroom.

  http://artscurriculum.guggenheim.org/lessons/start.php

• MuseumStuff.com

  This website can help you find; museums online, a staggering variety of educational links, scads of interactive virtual exhibits, dozens of interesting museum shops, specialized content for museum professionals and much more!

  http://www.museumstuff.com

• Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plans

  Smithsonian lesson plans emphasize inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.

  http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html

• The Art Institute of Chicago: Online Resources

  Provides user-friendly online educational resources that demonstrate ways to integrate museum resources into classroom curricula.

  http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/onlinelearning/index.html

• Building Visual Arts Lessons (Education at the Getty)

  Features ideas for preparing lessons, a step-by-step guide for teaching visual arts for each grade level, and ideas for evaluation and assessment approaches.

  http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/building_lessons/

• Educational Programs: Illinois State Museum

  Provides many online resources designed for teachers, and using the available resources of the Illinois State Museum web site.

  http://www.museum.state.il.us/ed_opp/