School Tours: French- and Spanish-Language Tours
Grades 9–12
Please note: The Gallery is no longer taking School Tour requests for fall 2009. Please check back on December 1 to begin requesting School Tours for winter and spring 2010. You can still review information about tours and planning self-guided visits by clicking on the links below.
Logistical Information | Additional Gallery Resources
Tours conducted in foreign languages by native speakers are intended for advanced high school language students. Owing to a small number of qualified docents, this tour has limited availability. If a foreign-language docent is not available for your requested time slot, the Gallery can make an English-language tour available as an alternative. Please check this option on the Tour Request Form if you are interested. Please choose one of the following topics:
Gallery Highlights in French*
Spanish Art
How did Spanish artists respond to their artistic, cultural, and political surroundings? Students explore and compare the style, subject matter, and technique of artists ranging from El Greco to Picasso. Such influences as patronage, the role of the church, and politics are also presented.
During four to six tour stops, students engage in activities–such as looking exercises and working in small groups–that foster conversations about works of art.
*French Art tour is temporarily unavailable due to gallery reinstallations.
Logistical Information for French- and Spanish-Language Tours
Group Size: Up to 30 students
Length: Gallery Highlights in French, 60 or 90 minutes; Spanish Art in Spanish, 90 minutes
Meeting Location: West Building, Rotunda, Main Floor
Pre-Visit Materials
Museum policies
Student lunches
General information
What is object-based teaching and learning?
Renaissance Art:
- NGALoanfinder: Inquiring Eye: Renaissance Art
- NGAKids: Inside Scoop on Leonardo
- NGAKids: Inside Scoop on Castagno
Spanish Art:
- NGALoanfinder: Spanish Art
- Online Tours: Spanish Painting