Why visit the Hood Museum of Art? Because learning about art can help your students . . .
Please click on the links below for more information about any of the following programs. To have your name added to the museum's teacher mailing list, email hood.museum.tours@dartmouth.edu or call (603) 646-1469.
"Coming to the museum reinforces why we do what we do. It emphasizes the importance of hands-on learning and lets the kids do the talking." (Teacher after a tour)
The Hood Museum of Art offers students the opportunity to learn from great works of art. During school visits, students are encouraged to make connections between classroom learning and the museum's collection, to exercise their creative and analytical thinking skills, and to develop understanding and respect for the accomplishments of cultures from around the world. Guided tours of the museum's collection, exhibitions, and the Orozco frescoes are available by appointment.
How to Schedule a School Group Tour
Helpful Things to Know About School Group Tours
"I learned what an important part art plays in teaching culture and developing visual awareness and thinking skills." (Teacher after attending a teacher workshop)
The museum offers a number of professional development workshops each year that are designed to provide teachers with skills, information, and resources for integrating the visual arts into the classroom curriculum. Slides of objects in the museum's collections are also available to teachers who are interested in introducing art to students in the classroom.
Current Teacher Workshops: Descriptions and Registration Information
Images is a program offered for regional elementary school students in grades 4 through 6 that brings groups to the museum six times during the year. Each visit includes time in the museum where students learn from and discuss original works of art with a professional museum educator. Afterward, in the studio, students complete a hands-on art project that relates to what they looked at and learned in the museum. Images in an innovative art education program that provides students with valuable skills for analyzing and interpreting works of art and increases their understanding and appreciation of the history, customs, beliefs, and artistic traditions of cultures and peoples from around the world.
2007–2008 Images Program: Description of Six Visits
ArtStart is similar to Images in that it is a multiple-visit program, but it is designed for students in grades 1 through 3 and participants visit the museum four times during the year. During each visit, students spend time in the galleries exploring art objects from around the world and in the studio creating their own works of art. Each ArtStart lesson is a journey of discovery, creativity, and expression. Guided explorations and interactive teaching in the museum enable students to develop critical-thinking skills for interpreting works of art and relating them to their lives.
2007–2008 ArtStart Program: Description of Four Visits
One teacher described what students gain from the Images program: "They learn that their own ideas about art have value. They learn to look, consider, and look some more. They learn that art is for everyone and relates to the culture and environment and can take many forms."
