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Guided Tours
The Museum offers many interactive age-appropriate tours led by Museum docents. Many of the tours can be a continuation of the lessons
learned during a Museum Outreach Presentation, or they can stand alone.
Contact the Museum's Education Department at 724/ 837-1500, ext. 10 or e-mail education@wmuseumaa.org if you have any questions.
Tours vary in length depending on the age of your group.
- Kindergarten through Grade 3-45 minutes
- Grades 4 through 12-50 minutes
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TOUR TOPICS
Choose from the following topics listed below (each provides essential elements for student learning in Arts and Humanities for grades 3-12, meeting targets of Academic Standards 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts; 9.3 Critical Response; and 9.4 Aesthetic Response.)
Highlights from the Permanent Collection: 1750-1950
This tour includes blockbuster paintings, sculpture and decorative arts from the Museum's extensive permanent collection, including The Lynch Tiffany Window and works by Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and many more prominent American artists.
The Art of the Portrait
By looking closely at the work of portrait artists, we can trace important elements of the American culture from the colonial days to the early 20th century.
Follow the hand of artists such as John Singleton Copley, William Merritt Chase, and Robert Henri, among others, and see how differently they translated the
likeness of their sitters onto canvas. *Optional studio component
American Landscape Painting
From majestic mountains to smoky cities; from quiet trout streams to the busy three rivers of Pittsburgh - trace the rich variety of the American landscape in art. *Optional studio component
Still Life Painting
Follow the development of still life painting, from a simple tabletop arrangement of fruit to an abstract arrangement of colors and shapes, through examination and discussion of works of art by Rubens Peale, William Michael Harnett, Milton Avery, and others. *Optional studio component
Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry
Inspired by Pittsburgh's billowing smokestacks and fiery furnaces, these artists found beauty in the city's industrial landscape. Rediscover the magic and wonder of work when southwestern Pennsylvania was a giant in the coal and steel industry. (Also meets targets for Academic Standards for History: 8.2 Pennsylvania History and 8.3 United States History.)
Early American Painting, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Experience the work of both untrained and formally trained artists, from utilitarian objects such as redware and salt-glazed stoneware, dower chests, and a bride's box, to sophisticated portraits and furniture design. *Optional studio component
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Curriculum-based School Programs
The Museum currently offers a signature program that integrates an outreach presentation and museum tour with the Pennsylvania History curriculum for fourth grade students, while providing essential elements for student learning in History and the Arts and Humanities, meeting Academic Standards 8.2.6 Pennsylvania History; 9.2.5 Historical and Cultural Contexts; 9.3.5 Critical Response; and 9.4.5 Aesthetic Response.
Every Picture Tells A Story: Exploring Pennsylvania History Through Art
This program explores the WMAA's two regional exhibitions, Southwestern Pennsylvania Landscapes and Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry, to teach fourth-grade students about their state's history, including the changing of the landscape from agricultural to industrial. Participation in the program includes:
- A 20-minute video, along with teacher guide, lesson plans and classroom activities will be sent to your school and to introduce students to this program and prepare them for their Museum visit. Schools participating in the program for the first time may request a WMAA docent visit with interactive slide presentation (on a first-come, first-served basis).
- Interactive, docent guided tour of the two exhibitions: Southwestern Pennsylvania Landscapes and Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry.
- An art lesson with a contemporary landscape painter (art supplies are included)
- An interactive discussion with a retired steelworker
- Refreshments
Fee: $3.75 per student (does not include transportation, which may be subsidized through private funding, contact the Museum for details)
Chaperones: complimentary (arrange for one chaperone for every ten students)
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PLANNING YOUR MUSEUM VISIT
SCHEDULING RESERVATIONS
All guided tours must be scheduled with the Education Department at least two weeks in advance of your visit. We urge you to make reservations as far in advance as possible to avoid disappointment. To reserve your tour, please call 724/837-1500 ext. 10; or email tours@wmuseum.org. We ask a minimum of five adults for adults for a docent led tour.
When you call to book a group tour, please provide the following information:
- Contact person name, address and phone number and/or cell phone number and email
- Name of group and number of people in the group
- Preferred date and time
- Alternate date and time
- Any special needs (wheelchair access, special learning needs, etc.)
FEES
$3.50 per student (excluding transportation)
Chaperones: complimentary (arrange for one chaperone for every ten students)
Studio component: additional $2.00 per student.
DEPOSIT
$25, non-refundable if canceled less than two weeks prior to tour. Balance due upon arrival.
LUNCH FACILITIES
The art studio may be available for an additional fee of $15.00 for a maximum of 22 students. The Museum has no other lunch facilities. The museum grounds are available for lunch, weather permitting, at no charge.
MUSEUM SHOP
Our Museum Shop is available to the students following the tour. Please notify the education department in advance if your students will visit the Shop following their tour. Note: arrangements can be made with the Museum Shop Manager for pre-purchase of items for students. Contact the Museum Shop at ext. 41 for details.
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