Education

Family Days take place on select Sundays from 12 - 4 PM. On these days families visiting the museum enjoy live entertainment, create hands-on projects and explore exhibitions with a gallery hunt. Upcoming 2008 Family Days include: June 1, September 28 and November 2. Visit the calendar page of our website for additional information.

If you would like to learn about Teacher programs through the Nasher's Educators listserv, please send an e-mail message to sympa@duke.edu and include "Subscribe Nasher-Ed" (without the quotes) in the subject or body of your e-mail. To be added to our snail mail list send your name and address to NasherEd@duke.edu.

Free K-12 Teacher Open Houses and Workshops (space limited, advance registration required)

El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III

- Thursday, September 11 and 18 2008, 4 - 6 PM
- Saturday, September 13 and 20, 2008, 10 AM - 12:30 PM
For more information click here to open the PDF brochure.

To register, contact NasherEd@duke.edu for additional information.

Through August 2008 FREE guided and self-guided K-12 school tours are available Tuesday - Friday, 10 AM - 4 PM. Please call to schedule guided or self-guided tours at least four weeks in advance. All scheduling is based on availability. Guided tours are led by museum education staff and/or highly-trained docents. Click here for a brochure of our 2008 school tours.

Fall 2008 - El Greco to Velázquez Special school tour information. Click here for a PDF brochure.

School tour reservations will be accepted starting on May 5 for Durham Public Schools and May 19 for all schools. Tour slots are expected to fill quickly.

The maximum group size for a tour is 50 students. Students will be divided into smaller groups of 10 to 15 students. We strongly recommend one chaperone for every 5 students. To schedule a tour please call or e-mail Julie Thomson, Associate Curator of Education, at 919-684-8816 or NasherEd@duke.edu.

When calling or e-mailing, please provide the following information:

- Your name/school name
- School address/ school phone number
- Alternate phone number/email where you prefer to be reached
- Preferred date/time for your visit
- Two alternate dates/times for your visit
- Grade level/age of students
- Class size
- Requested exhibition/tour theme
- Special needs, if any

All Nasher Museum of Art Guided School Tours:

- develop critical thinking skills
- use participatory, conversation-based techniques
- meet multiple North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Standards
- use art to contextualize classroom learning
- create opportunities for interdisciplinary connections
- address multiple learning styles
- highlight the importance of visual art in our everyday lives
- respect and celebrate the diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas that students bring to the museum

Winter - Summer 2008 School Tour Opportunities (download a PDF with detailed tour descriptions)

- Special Exhibitions Tour: Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, New at the Nasher and Taste of the Modern: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline
- Tour available February 19 - July 13, 2008: The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum (Available for small groups or as one stop on a tour for large)

Year-Round School Tour Opportunities

- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
- Artists' Tools