Available Tour Themes
Choose from one of the following themes for your group’s program. We can also work with you to create a customized program to meet your learning goals.
For info on pricing, cancellation policies, and more, click here.
Self-Guided Experiences
Self-guided experiences are recommended for middle and high school groups who have specific learning goals separate from our field trip programs.
Cost: Free for students 18 and under.
Please schedule your self-guided tours with our tour manager so we may provide the best experience for all our visitors.
Elementary School (PreK – 5th Grade)
How Artists Create
How do artists use the elements of art to create meaning? Dive deeper into artists’ choices during a virtual tour, including line, shape, and color.
Supports state Visual Arts standards.
Program Information
Kindergarten -2nd Grade Classroom Extension Activities
3rd-5th Grade Classroom Extension Activities
Seeing Stories
What stories do artists tell in their works of art? Discover setting, character, and plot with a virtual tour.
Supports CCSS English Language Arts and state Visual Art standards.
Program Information
Kindergarten -2nd Grade Classroom Extension Activities
3rd-5th Grade Classroom Extension Activities
Feelings and Faces
Artists use many different techniques to convey emotion. What feelings do you want to express? Explore the use of color, symbol, and facial expressions in artwork through the tour. Then, create your own work of art that expresses a feeling!
This program includes art-making materials in individual student kits, which can be delivered to local school sites or shipped to your school.
Supports state Visual Arts and Social-Emotional Learning standards
Program Information
Kindergarten -2nd Grade Classroom Extension Activities
3rd-5th Grade Classroom Extension Activities
Middle and High School (6th -12th Grade)
Tools of Expression
How do artists use the elements of art and the principles of design to communicate meaning? Critically analyze works of art through a virtual tour.
Supports state Visual Art standards.
Identity and Self-Portraiture
Artists use many techniques to express identity. Explore portraits on a virtual tour. Then, create your own self-portrait to show the world what’s important about your own identity.
Supports CCSS English Language Arts standards, state Visual Art standards, and state Social-Emotional Learning standards.
Ekphrastic Poetry
What happens when words and art meet? Ekphrastic poetry is poetry inspired by works of art. Explore art from TAM’s collection on a virtual tour, creating your own ekphrastic poetry in response to the art.
Supports CCSS English Language Arts standards and state Visual Art standards.
Request a School Program Online
Questions? Please email us at Tours@TacomaArtMuseum.org or call 253-272-4258 x3060.
School Group Tours are generously supported by
US Bankcorp Foundation, The Florence B. Kilworth Foundation, The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation,
Wheeler Charitable Trust, and William Kilworth Foundation.
