K-12 Summer Tour Program
2010 Summer Youth Tour Program
The Akron Art Museum is committed to supporting the educational success of local youth by providing quality educational programs and exciting learning opportunities for students and educators. During the museum’s Summer Youth Tour Program, specially trained docents (museum guides) lead children through the museum's galleries and initiate focused discussions and activities around specially selected groups of art objects.
Due to security and safety issues, admission cannot be guaranteed for unscheduled tours or groups arriving without an adequate number of adult chaperones. If unscheduled groups are admitted, regular admission fees may apply for each visitor in the group.
Scheduling a Tour
All requests must be made at least 3 weeks prior to the tour date.
All requests are subject to docent availability.
All Summer Youth Tour requests must be submitted online.
CLICK HERE to request your tour.
Once you submit your online request, a museum representative will contact you within 3 business days. PLEASE NOTE: Your tour is officially scheduled upon your receipt of mailed or e-mailed tour confirmation materials.
For questions regarding your tour, contact Director of Education Missy Higgins-Linder at 330.376.9186 x229 or mHiggins@AkronArtMuseum.org. Also contact her as soon as possible should any of the
following occur:
• Your confirmation or tour materials contain inaccurate information or do not arrive shortly after you scheduled your tour.
• The number of students changes.
• You must cancel a scheduled tour.
• Your arrival is delayed for any reason.
Gallery space and docents cannot be guaranteed for groups arriving more than 15 minutes late unless the Museum has been notified of the delayed arrival. The Museum cannot extend tour times to accommodate late arrivals. Your tour will end at the scheduled time regardless of when you arrived.
Summer Tour Program Times
Tours for Pre-K, K, and 1st grader are 30-45 minutes. Tours for children in grades 2-12 are about an hour long.
June through August, K-12 tours can be scheduled on Wednesdays and Fridays during the following time slots: 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM.
Summer Tour Program Group Size
The tour minimum for PreK-Grade 12 and Non-School Youth Group tours is 7 students and 1 adult. The museum can accommodate up to 60 students per tour. Requests for groups of more than 60 students must be divided across multiple dates. Large groups of students will be divided into smaller tour groups of 10-15, each led by a separate docent. School groups must provide at least 1 adult chaperone for each group of 15 students.
Summer 2010 Tour Options
- Art Recipes: Line, Shape & Color
Recommended for children Ages 4-10
What are the most important ingredients for making a work of art? Learn about three important art elements and how artists use them to create a wide variety of "flavors" and visual treats. You won’t have to worry about a tummy ache after you gobble up this visual feast of a tour!
- Extreme! Weather Landscapes
Recommended for children Ages 4-12
What is a landscape? What kinds of information do artists include in landscapes? How do artists capture the sensations we experience during extreme weather? For answers to these questions and more, explore everything from steamy hot colors in painted summer scenes to the icy wind soundtrack of the Isaac Julien film installation, True North.
- Building & Highlights Tour: An Introduction to the Akron Art Museum
For Children Ages 10 and up
Explore daring architectural ideas and spaces that connect past, present and future as demonstrated by the Akron Art Museum’s recently completed expansion project designed by Viennese architectural firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Docents will lead your group through the museum’s new and renovated spaces in the 1899 and John S. and James L. Knight buildings in addition to introducing you to highlights from the museum’s collection, focused on art produced since 1850. This tour lasts approximately one hour.
