Before your Learning to Look tour . . .

1. Preview your Museum visit in the classroom using selected activities from the Educator’s Packet or related activities of your own.
2. Prepare student name tags. Each student should wear a name tag with his/her first name and school name. This will allow docents to address students personally when asking or answering questions.
3. Check your tour confirmation form for the specific date and time of your tour. Arrange transportation for your group. Plan to arrive at the Museum at your scheduled tour time. Groups arriving before 9:30 a.m. will wait until the building opens. Late arrivals will receive a shortened tour program. Notify the Museum of any schedule changes as soon as possible. Arrange to bring one chaperone for every 8 to 10 students if possible.
4. Discuss and explain the Museum Manners with your class.

On Your Tour Day . . .

1. Upon arriving at the Museum, docents will divide your class(es) into smaller groups. Each group will be guided by a trained volunteer docent. A parent or teacher should accompany every 8 to 10 students, if possible, and be prepared to assist with discipline.
2. Make sure each student is wearing a name tag.
3. Enter the Museum’s main entrance (facing Wynnton Road) where you will be met by your docents. Do not let the bus drive under the porte-cochere; the bus may park in the parking area in front of the Museum.

After Your Museum Tour . . .

1. Reinforce concepts introduced during the tour program through post-visit activities.
2. Complete the Evaluation Form sent with your confirmation and return it to the Museum’s Education Department. Your honest responses will help us refine the Learning to Look tour program to more effectively serve your needs.
3. The Museum’s Teacher Resource Center offers interdisciplinary, classroom-ready materials to help integrate art into the classroom. Books, slide sets, videos, CD-ROMs and posters from museums around the country are available for check-out to area educators.