In-Person Tour Information
Group Size: Up to 90 students
Length: 75 minutes
Offered at: 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:15 p.m.
Meeting Location: East Building Atrium
Ages 4 to 6, Kindergarten through Grade 3
The National Gallery will offer a selection of in-person and virtual tours (using Zoom) for winter/spring 2023.
Requests for winter/spring tours (January 9, 2023 – June 2, 2023) will be accepted from December 1, 2022 – May 1, 2023.
As “art investigators,” students will look for clues, discover artists’ choices, and use their imaginations to explore modern and contemporary art. This tour will include simple art-making activities designed to help students think creatively and make personal connections to the works of art.
Piet Mondrian, Tableau No. IV; Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black, c. 1924/1925, oil on canvas, Gift of Herbert and Nannette Rothschild, 1971.51.1
Looking and Learning Skills
During three or four tour stops, students engage in activities—looking exercises, art-making activities, and small group work—that foster conversations and extend students’ understanding of the artists’ creative process. The following skills are promoted:
In-Person Tour Information
Group Size: Up to 90 students
Length: 75 minutes
Offered at: 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:15 p.m.
Meeting Location: East Building Atrium
Important Scheduling Information
Tours must be scheduled at least four weeks in advance. Groups must contain at least 15 students.
Once your tour has been scheduled, you will receive an email confirmation within ten business days.
Title I Bus Stipends
Funding for the cost of bus transportation is available for Title I schools that participate in our docent-led school tours. For more information, please get in touch with Deirdre Palmer at [email protected] or (202) 842-6880, or use the application form.
Henri Matisse, Large Decoration with Masks, 1953, gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, mounted on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.17.1
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-Pulpit Abstraction - No. 5, 1930, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.4
Piet Mondrian, Tableau No. IV; Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black, c. 1924/1925, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Gift of Herbert and Nannette Rothschild, 1971.51.1
André Derain, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1906, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, John Hay Whitney Collection, 1982.76.3