Student Programs

All programs are designed to address the New York State Learning Standards in applicable subject areas as well as the New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. Guided Tours and Hands-on Workshops are tailored to meet the curricular needs and interests of teachers and school groups. All Tours and Hand-on Workshops must be scheduled in advance. For more information on scheduling and Museum policies, see Visiting the Museum.

Guided tours reflect the Museum’s approach of engaging students in dialogue while looking at selected works of art. During an hour-long thematic tour, museum educators facilitate interactive discussions, encouraging observation and discovery through open-ended questions, while exploring the art and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean. Tours may include sketching and writing activities in the galleries, and are available in English and Spanish.

Program Time & Group Size
Tuesday-Sunday, 12:00 pm-4:00 pm. The maximum group size is 30 students. One adult chaperone is required for every 10 students.
Fees: NYC K-12Public Schools: $90. All other K-12 School: $125

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

These ninety-minute workshops foster students’ observation, critical thinking and creativity. After an abbreviated tour in the galleries, museum educators build upon ideas discussed in the exhibition and facilitate an art-making experience for students in El Museo’s Taller (art studio). Art forms explored in the workshops may include printmaking, painting, collage, drawing, and sculpture.

Program Time & Group Size
Tuesday 10:00am-12:00pm; Wednesday-Friday, 10:00am-3:00pm; Saturday-Sunday, 11:00am-3:00pm. The maximum group size is 30 students. One adult chaperone is required for every 10 students.
Fees: NYC K-12 Public Schools: $130; All other K-12 Schools: $175.

Workshops are offered at the Museum and offsite in conjunction with the following cultural celebrations and theme months. Each workshop, led by a museum educator, includes an introduction to the history and cultural traditions associated with the celebration, including its food, music, and folk art practices, followed by a hands-on workshop.

Day of the Dead: October/November
Puerto Rican Heritage: November
Three Kings Day: December/January
Dominican Heritage and African Heritage: February

Classroom Connections is a multi-session school partnership program designed to link the thematic content of El Museo’s collection and exhibitions with social studies, English, math, science, and art using the New York State Learning Standards and the New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts as guidelines for the creation of lesson plans. El Museo works in partnership with educators and administrators to design a program that meets the specific needs of each classroom. The program includes curriculum-planning sessions, multiple visits to the classroom by a museum educator, art-making workshops, visits to the Museum, and a final student art project.

For more information, please e-mail crcprogram@elmuseo.org

El Museo’s After School Programs offer students and teachers an opportunity to explore El Museo’s collections and exhibitions with a museum educator during after school hours. Designed to meet the needs and interests of each school, these multi-session programs include curriculum-planning sessions, visits to the classroom by a museum educator, art-making workshops, visits to the Museum, and a final
student art project.

Scheduling & Confirmation
Reservations are contingent on availability. Tours and workshops must be scheduled at least 4 weeks in advance. To make a reservation download the Reservation Request Form. To expedite your request, please e-mail the form to tours@elmuseo.org or fax to (212) 831-7927. Prior to your visit, the group leader will receive an Invoice Confirmation and Guidelines for Group Visitors.
For more information, please call (212) 660-7113.

Special Needs
During the reservation process, group leaders should inform the Museum
of any special needs or access challenges of their group. The Museum is wheelchair accessible.

Chaperones
One adult chaperone must be present for each group of 10 (K-12) students. The chaperone must accompany the group throughout the duration of the
visit. El Museo reserves the right to terminate a program that is
inadequately supervised or that fails to follow Museum guidelines.

Arrival
Group leaders must arrive 15 minutes in advance and check-in with the
Museum Shop upon arrival. If a group arrives more than 15 minutes late,
El Museo reserves the right to cancel or shorten the duration of the program.

Group Lunches
There are no onsite lunch facilities. Bag lunches will be stored in the coat
check. Groups may picnic in Central Park which is located across the street
from the Museum. A list of local restaurants will also be provided.

Payment
Payments for tours and workshops may be made by cash, check, money
order, purchase order, or credit card. Please make payments to Amigos
del Museo del Barrio. Payment must be received at least 2 weeks in
advance of a scheduled visit.

Cancellations
El Museo requests cancellations of programs at least five working
days in advance of the scheduled visit. You may fax (212) 831- 7927, or
e-mail your cancellation letter to tours@elmuseo.org (please write Cancel on the subject line, followed by date of visit), or call (212) 660-7113. Groups cancelling less than 48 hours in advance of a scheduled visit will be charged a cancellation fee of $50 per guided tour and $125 per hands-on workshop.
Same-day cancellations will be charged the full amount of the program.

Parking
Parking is not available at the Museum. Buses may drop off and pick
up passengers, but may not park in front of the Museum. Public parking is
available on Madison Avenue between 105 and 106 Streets.