field trips: intro tours

Reservations for field trips must be booked at least three weeks in advance. To make a reservation, call 720-865-5000.

Introductory Lesson Tours

All school tours address Colorado Model Content Standards (CMCS).

  Grades K–2

Imagination Games & Skills

7–120 students
Tuesday–Friday at 9:45 am & 11 am

Learn basic looking skills, what art museums do, and how to get along in an art museum—and have some fun along the way. Activities range from holding a sculpture's pose to using a spinner to identify colors in a painting.

 

• One hour

• $3.50 per student; free for chaperones

• One chaperone needed for every 7–9 students.

• Divide class into groups of 7–9.

• English, Spanish, or bilingual (Spanish/English)

 

CMCS: Vis Arts 1, 2, 4, 5; Reading/Writing 2, 4; Geography 6; Science 1; Math 3, 5

   Grades 3–6

Perception Games & Skills

7–150 students
Tuesday–Friday at 9:45 & 11 am
This tour teaches basic looking skills, as well as how to get along in an art museum and have some fun along the way. Activities include questioning and discussion as the group ranges all over the museum.

 

• One hour

• $3.50 per student; free for chaperones

• One chaperone needed for every 10 students.

• Divide class into groups of 10.

• English, Spanish, or bilingual (Spanish/English)

 

CMCS: Vis Arts 1, 2, 4, 5; Reading/Writing 2, 4; Geography 6; Science 1; Math 3, 5

   Grades 6–12

Collection Highlights

7–160 students
Tuesday–Friday at 9:45 & 11 am

See the collections in the Hamilton Building (modern, contemporary, African, Oceanic, and western American art), visit the North Building (European and American, Asian, pre-Columbian, and Spanish Colonial art), or choose a combination.

 

• One hour

• $3.50 per student; free for chaperones

• One chaperone needed for every 10 students.

• Divide class into groups of 10.

• English, Spanish, or bilingual (Spanish/English)

 

CMCS: Vis Arts 1, 4, 5; Reading/Writing 2, 4; Geography 6; Math 3, 5; Science 1