Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Areas of Focus
Art, History, Critical Thinking, Guided Museum Tour, Self-Guided Museum Tour
Website: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/
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Program Fees: We waive all admission fees for BPS School visits, charging just $35 per every 15 students to cover the cost of the Museum Teacher guiding your group.
Transportation Options
School Bus Availability:
No, our organization does not offer buses.
MBTA Accessibility :
MFA (Green E Line), Ruggles (Orange Line)
Available Programs
To Register for a Field Trip: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit/school-tours/grades-3-12
FANTASTIC BEASTS (GRADES 3 – 5)
The Gardner is home to a variety of animals in art, both real and imaginary. In this interactive tour, students will encounter different creatures throughout the Museum in a variety of settings and media.
Students will personally connect with individual works of art and installations—and with each other—through close looking, collaborative problem-solving, and creative exploration.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is full of narratives. Students will explore the ways in which stories from the classical past to the present—including ones students create on their own—can help us understand ourselves and the world.
QUESTIONS OF POWER (GRADES 6 – 12)
Students will investigate representations of power across time. They will consider questions such as: Who has power? Who doesn’t? How is power conveyed? Throughout the tour students will be invited to reflect on their own agency and voice.
In this experiential tour students will learn about Isabella Stewart Gardner as a placemaker, designer, and installation artist. Why did she create this Museum for ‘the education and enjoyment of the public forever’? How is her legacy interpreted today? How do we create and shape the places in our own lives?
RENAISSANCE AT THE GARDNER (GRADES 9 – 12)
Employing the skills of close looking, inquiry, and historical thinking, students will investigate the Renaissance within the context of European art and explore the influence of antiquity and medieval art. Questions to be considered include: Why was the Renaissance such a significant period? How are the considerable cultural and artistic shifts that happened during the Renaissance relevant today?
