temporary exhibition tours

Guided tours of our exhibitions and collections are one hour long. See individual tour listings for fees, available dates, and registration instructions.

Grades 6–12

Collection Highlights: Hamilton Building

7–60 students (depending on day)

Tuesday–Friday at 9:45 am, 11:15 am & noon

See the collections in the Hamilton Building, which includes modern and contemporary, African, Oceanic, and western American art.

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

Collection Highlights: North Building

7–60 students (depending on day)

Tuesday–Friday at 9:45 am, 11:15 am & noon

See the best artworks in the North Building, including European and American, Asian, pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, and American Indian art.

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

Exhibitions: Grades 4–12

Inspiring Impressionism

February 26–May 16, 2008

Up to 125 students per timeslot
Tuesday–Friday at 9:15 & 9:45 am

Explore how impressionist artists both revolutionized painting and how they studied artists from the past to help them break new ground. Audio tour for elementary students focuses on an introduction to ten important Impressionists including Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, and female impresionists Cassatt and Morisot. Middle and high school students may use the adult audio which reveals details of how impressionists learned from Old Masters such as Valazquez, Rubens and Chardin.

School group price of $7 per student includes the audio tour. One adult chaperone is required for every five students. (Admission is free for required chaperones. Additional chaperones will be charged for an adult ticket.) Payment is required in ten full days before your scheduled visit. To make reservations, call 720-865-5262 or use our online reservation form.

CMCS: Visual arts 1, 4, 5; Reading/Writing 1, 4, 5; History 1, 3, 6; Geography 6

Exhibitions: Grades 3–12

Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt

April 15–May 23, 2008

Up to 30 students per hour

Tuesday–Friday at 9:45, 11 am & noon

Explore great African-American quilts made in the small, rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama.  These masterpieces of quilter’s art were made for homes and families. They stunned the art world and have made some consider the quilters of Gee’s bend among the important artists of the 20th and 21st century. One-hour guided tours are $3.50 per student, and chaperones are free.

CMCS: Visual arts 1, 2, 4, 5; Reading/Writing 1, 2, 4, 5; History 3, 6; Geography 6