Education

The Education Division at NOMA is dedicated to awakening the imaginations of children and adults through the visual arts. The Museum provides memorable art experiences which lead to greater awareness, curiosity and sensitivity.

Through a variety of ongoing educational programs, NOMA has established itself as one of the greatest resources for art educators in the Greater New Orleans area and throughout Louisiana.

For information about scheduling tours or outreach programs, please contact the Education Department at education@noma.org.

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School tour information:

NOMA offers docent-guided tours of its permanent collection and special exhibitions for students in grades 1 through 12. All of the tours below will incorporate objects in various media selected from several different areas of NOMA's collection, including African Art; Native American Art; Dutch, French, and Italian painting; glass and decorative arts; the arts of Japan and China; and modern and 20th century art and sculpture.

• NOMA Masterworks: 2000 Years of Art
  This tour will introduce students of all grade levels to the extraordinary collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art and can be customized to accommodate individual groups and interests. For grades 1-12; especially appropriate for first-time visitors to the Museum.
  
  
• Learning to Look: The ABCs of Art
  Students will be introduced to the elements of art, including line, texture, color, movement, and shape. Students will discuss how artists use each of these elements to create works of art. For grades 1-12; especially appropriate for first-time visitors to the Museum.


• Everyday Life
  How can art help us understand how people lived their lives in times and places far removed from our own? This tour will look at works of art from different time periods and cultures and help students examine how their own experiences relate to them. For grades 1-8.


• Artists, People and Portraits
  Portraits often tell us as much about their subjects as they do about the artists who create them. How do artists choose to depict their subjects? What do patrons want their portraits to look like? This tour will examine how portraits reflect changing values in different cultures and time periods. For grades 5-12.


• What's The Story? Telling Stories With Art
  Many works of art at NOMA illustrate historical events, episodes from works of literature, famous stories, myths, and legends. Through careful looking at these works, we will figure out what kinds of stories artists tell in their works - and come up with a few stories of our own. For grades 1-8.

Tour slots are available Wednesdays from 11:15 AM through 12:45 PM and on Thursdays and Fridays from 9:15 AM through 10:45 AM. Each tour slot can accommodate between 35 and 50 students depending on grade level. Custom tour subjects tailored to classroom curricula are also available upon request and with sufficient advance notice.

Fees for school tours are as follows:

• There is NO CHARGE for students (grades 1-12) from Louisiana schools when booked on a school group visit.
• NOMA requires one adult chaperone per every five students booked on a school group tour. There is no charge for this required number of chaperones.
• In order to ensure an optimal tour experience for both students and docents, NOMA does not encourage additional chaperones for school groups beyond the ratio described above (i.e., one adult chaperone for every five students). Additional chaperones beyond the 1 to 5 ratio will be charged $8.00 per adult.
• School groups from out of state will be charged $5.00 per student and $5.00 per adult chaperone. Again, we do not encourage additional chaperones beyond the required 1 to 5 ratio described above. Additional chaperones for out-of-state groups will be charged $10 per adult.

How to book a tour:

- Please fill out the online booking form by clicking here.

- Or you can print and fill out a booking form and send it to the Education Department. (Click here to download the booking form). **Please note that your tour is NOT confirmed until you have received a call from the Education Department confirming your dates and times.

- Or call our office at (504) 658-4128 with the following information:

• School name and address
• Contact person and phone number
• Grade level and number of students
• Number of adult chaperones (minimum of 1 per 5 students; maximum of 3 per 10 students)
• Date and time of tour. (Please choose a backup date and time in case your first choice is not available.)

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