School Programs brochure
(Adobe
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School Visits request form
NYC public school fee structure
School Visits K–12
The School Programs Department
collaborates with students, teachers and families to
create an active learning environment which engages participants
in meaningful experiences with modern and contemporary
art. Through object-centered guided discussions MoMA
museum educators encourage students to develop critical
thinking skills and foster an appreciation for works of
art in MoMA’s collection.
Students learn to look carefully at works of art and articulate
their ideas about them. This emphasis on analytic skills provides
a vital support to art studies as well as other areas of the
school curriculum—from observation, analysis, and
problem-solving in science to conversation, vocabulary-building,
and writing skills in language classes.
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K–12 Lessons
Lessons in the Museum’s galleries,
led by MoMA’s professional museum educators, offer students
the opportunity to explore various aspects of modern and contemporary
art. During every guided lesson, each group of up to thirty students investigates three to
four works of art in depth through observation and discussion.
These are interactive lessons in which students engage in discussion
and may write, draw, or do small group work in the galleries.
All K–12 lessons are offered as single visits or
as multipart programs:
- One-part program: includes one Museum visit.
- Two-part program: includes one pre-visit, in-school lesson, and one Museum visit.
- Three-part program: includes two in-school lessons (pre-visit and post-visit) and one Museum visit.
For each of our programs, educators collaborate with you to develop a sequential
lesson suited to your curricular needs and interests.
The Museum provides suggested themes and topics to focus your lesson in the galleries. Before each lesson, educators will contact teachers to discuss themes and plans in advance.
Lessons can be conducted in most of the Museum’s collection areas, including Architecture and Design, Drawings, Painting and Sculpture, Photography, and Prints and Illustrated Books. All lessons meet New York City Standards for the Arts #3 and #4, as well as other national learning standards in social studies and English language arts. Lessons also address Strands 2, 3, and 4 of the New York City Department of Education’s Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Visual Arts.
Museum visits are sixty minutes long for kindergarten to third-grade classes and seventy-five minutes longer for fourth- to twelfth-grade classes. Maximum class size is thirty students.
Partnership programs are also available. These intensive multi-visit programs include in-person curriculum planning with teachers and Museum educators, and professional development for school staff. For more information and fee structures, please e-mail schoolprograms@moma.org or call (212) 333-1112. To review a sample partnership, visit the project Web site of the MoMA/Academy of American studies partnership.
Please download the School Programs Brochure in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) for more information about guided visits for students K–12, lesson topics, scheduling, other school programs offerings, and programs for teachers, high school students, online offerings, and family programs.
For questions about guided visits for students K–12 or to be included on our school programs brochure mailing list, please e-mail schoolprograms@moma.org. Please be sure to include name, school, mailing address, and e-mail address.
The Museum does not have lunchroom facilities for students. There are various
public spaces in midtown where students may have lunch. A partial
list is available in PDF format
(Adobe
Acrobat Reader required).
NYC Public
School Fee Structure
Please note that MoMA has subsidized and free visits for New York City public schools. For other schools, please download the School Programs Brochure in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Kindergarten–eighth grade
Title 1 schools
Title 1 is a national program that provides funding to schools with high percentages of children from low-income families. Approximately 65% of NYC public schools receive Title 1 funding.
A limited number of elementary and middle school programs at MoMA are available for free to Title 1 schools. These include one, two and three part programs.
Non Title 1 schools
One-part program: $45
Two-part program: $90
Three-part program: $135
High School (ninth–twelfth grade)
All New York City public high schools may visit the Museum for free through The Carroll and Milton Petrie Education fund.
For more information on School Visits, please download the School Programs Brochure in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
To book a visit at the Museum, please call 212-708-9685 or complete the School Visits request form online.
Please note: Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night
will not be on view at MoMA from June 11 through September
20, 2008. The painting will be on view at Yale University Art Gallery
in the exhibition Van Gogh's Cypresses and The Starry Night:
Visions of Saint-Rémy from June 15 to September 2, 2008.
It will then return to MoMA for the exhibition Van
Gogh and the Colors of the Night from September
21, 2008, to January 5, 2009.
The exhibition then travels to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam,
where it will be on view from February 13 to June 7, 2009. The painting
returns to MoMA once again in late June, 2009.
Pictured above:
A MoMA educator leads a discussion with New York City public school
students. In the background is Henri Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy. 1897. Oil on canvas, 51" x 6'
7" (129.5
x 200.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim. Photo: Konrad Fiedler
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