Seeing Shapes and Colors is a two-part educational school program that asks students to consider how paintings and sculptures use shapes and colors to communicate. The visit includes a tour […]
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Making of Architecture
Making of Architecture is a two-part educational school program which features a tour of the Museum and a hands-on workshop. Students will begin with a tour of the museum in […]
Cinema Classroom at the Avalon – Inocente
Cinema Classroom at the historic Avalon Theater offers free programming to schools and students in grades 6-12. Featured films engage students in pressing human rights and social justice issues through […]
Thinking Routine Thursday
Using Harvard Project Zero’s Thinking Routines, students learn about women artists by looking closely at several developmentally appropriate artworks, contributing respectfully to open-ended discussions; posing questions; sharing their opinions; and […]
Trees as Witness: Ancestor, Property, Archive
Explore the layered histories of DC, from the perspective of witness trees at Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Students will tour historic trees in the gardens & consider the history a tree […]
Chocolate: The Columbian Exchange in a Cup
Explore the intertwined histories of cacao and sugar across the Old & New Worlds, examining trade and culture. Students begin with a tour of the Pre-Columbian Galleries and the “Stimulant […]
Music Through the Ages: Sounds of the Americas in Practice
Explore the history of music/sound in ancient Mesoamerica & the Andes through instruments in the Pre-Columbian collection, listening to recordings & imagining how they were used in ritual, celebration, & […]
Dumbarton Oaks Conversations: Peace, Power, and Equity in the Making of the United Nations
Discover how a local DC site played a pivotal role in the making of the United Nations. Students will explore the historic property through the lens of the “Dumbarton Oaks […]
Mural Painting at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Discover the wonders of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens through a collaborative mural painting workshop! This field trip invites students in grades 4-8, and their guardians, to explore the gardens by transforming […]
Exploring and Describing Small Worlds at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Discover the wonders of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens by exploring the creatures that reside here! This field trip invites students in grades 2–5 and their guardians to explore the gardens using […]