North Carolina Museum of Art

Find information about taking your class to visit the museum or arranging a museum professional to visit your school. Take a virtual tour of the museum and manipulate some of the objects available in 3-D. Explore the amazing collections and take advantage of the online teacher resources and student activities.

http://www.ncartmuseum.org

Learn more

• Art Access Examines objects from various areas of The Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection to enrich visitors' understanding of their content, style, and historical context.
• NGA Kids Look carefully at works of art and explore shape, technique and color using art activities online.
• Lesson plan: In the Spirit of... (Museum Visit) This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. This lesson focuses on students' observations of masks while visiting a museum.
• Lesson plan: In the Spirit of...(pre-visit) This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. In this pre-visit lesson, students will explore the cultures of the Western Hemisphere.
• Lesson plan: Inquiry lesson about color This lesson is designed to prepare students for a museum visit and the practice of looking at art critically with special attention to color choices.
• artNC Images and background information on works of art, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans, and program listings.

Related pages

• Ackland Art Museum: Features online versions of art museum's exhibits and permanent collection, field trip guidelines and activities, lesson plans, and in-depth institutional background.
• Asheville Art Museum: Through works of art in permanent and special exhibition, students will learn about the rich history of visual arts in North Carolina.
• The Mint Museum: Access to digitized images from special exhibitions and the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, along with activities for kids.

Related topics

• Learn more about 20th century, African Art, American art, European Art, Judaic art, North Carolina, Oceanic art, Wake County, ancient cultures, art history, art museums, arts, and fine art.

Legal

The North Carolina Museum of Art website contains a vast array of wonderful resources and information. Get everything you need to know for planning a class visit, an overview of the collections and special exhibits, and details on upcoming events. This site also includes resources that teachers and students can use at home or in the classroom, independent of a site visit.

Among the materials found on this website are:

• Young Artists, which contains a student gallery, class project murals, and interactive puzzles, a concentration game, and a mosaic activity (the last only for the mac). There is also a Quicktime art journey to help kids learning their ABC’s.
• Teacher Resources, which contains a description of classroom Resources, including exhibits and materials the museum lends free of charge and information for arranging a museum profession visit to your school as well as a Time Line, which contains clickable thumbnails of art works from their collection. For each, there is a text description and a choice of several file sizes of the image.
• Collections Pages, that include highlights of the collections and are arranged by category such as Modern, American, and Ancient. Each image has several file sizes and some have extra text information attached.
• Shockwave Presentations, which enables manipulation (with your mouse) of eight works of art, including the Bust of the Goddess Sekhmet and The Puritan.
• Virtual Tour (move your mouse to travel around the picture; hold down the mouse and press either the options or shift keys to zoom in, the control key to zoom out).

New at the NC Museum of Art are curriculum packets for elementary and middle school classes which feature overhead transparencies. "Looking to Learn: Exploring Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art" teaches students how to look at art while introducing favorites from the museum’s permanent collection. "Discovering America" encourages students to look closely at art and make connections to social studies with their American collection. Curriculum packets are available for a two-week loan period. There is no charge to receive a program. Borrowers are responsible for the safe return of programs.

Educators can teach students about art and nature at the Museum Park. The museum’s outdoor classroom has a giant pinhole camera, a huge whirligig, trails, and much more. “Curriculum oriented tours are offered for relevant grades and subjects.” However, teachers may take their students on self-directed tours of the park and check out a back pack of Park activities. Park brochures explain works of art and aspects of natural science.

Planning a visit to the museum? Guided tours for school groups are offered at no charge with a reservation. Reservations for groups of 10 or more and accommodations for students with special needs are available and must be made at least 3 weeks in advance. For self-guided tours, please contact the museum and give 10 days advance notice. Classroom materials for previsit lessons may be reserved at the same time. Consider a fall tour for ease of scheduling. Contact the tour coordinator in the Education Department at (919) 839-6262, ext. 2144, on weekdays or e-mail: jtaylor@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us.

View Larger Map