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Egypt of the pharaohs, Monet’s Paris, ancient China and more—the Nelson-Atkins makes a memorable and highly instructive school trip. Expose your students to works by masters from many cultures, spanning 5,000 years.

The Nelson-Atkins offers free, one-hour docent-led tours to school groups, grades 3–12. Gallery docents use a variety of interactive, inquiry-based approaches in their teaching to spark curiosity, develop looking techniques and expand critical thinking skills. School tours examine artists, subjects, styles and techniques, and target specific grade levels.

School groups are welcome to visit the Museum on their own. We ask that all teacher-led tours be scheduled in advance. Visit Teacher-Led Tours for more information.

To learn about the docent-led school tours we offer choose from the list below:

Grades
 School Tours
 
Highlight Tours: an introductory experience
3-4 My Art Museum
7-12 Ancient to Modern
9-12 Architecture and Art of the Bloch Building
 
Collection Tours: explore a specific area of the Museum
5-12 Art of Early Civilizations: East and West
5-12 European Art: Middle Ages through the Renaissance (c.1300-1600)
5-12 European Art: 17th and 18th Centuries (c.1600-1770)
5-12 European Art: French Revolution through World War II (c.1760-1950)
3-12 Chinese Art
7-12 Kansas City Sculpture Park
3-8 African Art
4-12 American Art
7-12 Contemporary Art
9-12 Photography
 
Thematic Tours: MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LOOK
7-12 Language Tours
3-6 The Tales They Have to Tell
3-12 A Tactile Tour for the Visually Impaired: The Human Figure in Sculpture
3-12 Write Way to Art
3-12 A Tactile Tour for the Visually Impaired: Contemporary Interpretations
1-6 Sculpture in Summer
 
Combination Tours
5-12 Art of Early Civilizations/European Art: Middle Ages-Renaissance
5-12 European Art: Middle Ages-Renaissance/European Art: 17th and 18th Centuries
5-12 European Art: 17th and 18th Centuries/European Art: French Revolution-WWII
7-12 Tour-Workshop Combination: Chinese Art
7-12 Tour-Workshop Combination: Kansas City Sculpture Park
7-12 Tour-Workshop Combination: European Art Middle Ages through Renaissance
7-12 Tour-Workshop Combination: European Art 17th and 18th Centuries
7-12 Tour-Workshop Combination: European Art French Revolution to World War II

School Tours are made possible in part by support from the Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation.

School Tours are supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield.