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Tour fees and guidelines
Schedule visits 3 weeks in advance
Tours are typically 45-60 minutes
Guided visits, non-U of M: $2 per visitor
University of Minnesota class tours and workshops: FREE
Self-guided visits: FREE
Any visit can be customized to meet your objectives.
Here are some ideas:
Focus on the Current Exhibition
Spend your visit focused on the objects and issues explored in our current exhibition. We can design this tour around thematic links to your curriculum. Grades K-Adult.
Introduction to the Weisman Art Museum
For the first-time visitor, this is an overview of the museum building design, selections from the permanent collection of twentieth-century American art, and temporary exhibitions. Grades K-Adult.
Architecture of the Weisman Art Museum
Students will focus on the Weisman's distinctive building and learn about the design process of Frank Gehry, one of the world’s most celebrated architects. Students also will explore innovative and surprising artworks in the galleries. Grades K-Adult.
Thinking Visually
Works of art are complex visual objects that invite multiple interpretations. For students in all disciplines, investigating art is an excellent way to build observation skills and practice high-level thinking, such as reasoning, perspective taking, problem finding, and metaphor making. This engaging, discussion-based tour gets students thinking about their thinking as they work together to puzzle out meanings from visual information. Grades 3-Adult.
Token Response / Element Prizes
What artwork catches your eye? Why? These Interactive gallery games encourage careful looking, personal connection, and reasoned responses about art in a fun and engaging way while developing vocabulary about art. Grades K-Adult.
Artful Writing Workshop
Explore the galleries through writing and discussion. Workshops may be free standing or designed as a sequence to develop student writing. Limited to 30 students, 90 minutes. Grades 4-Adult.
Drawing in the Galleries
Students are welcome to sketch and draw in the museum using dry media. Folding stools are available. Grades K-Adult.
Public Art on Campus
The University of Minnesota campus is home to a diverse collection of innovative public art projects. This outdoor walking tour is available May through October, limited to thirty people, and can focus on the East or West Bank of the Minneapolis campus or on the Saint Paul campus. Grades 3-Adult.
Art Study
With advance notice, Weisman objects not currently on view can be requested from storage for viewing. Art Study visits are limited to ten students. A visit may be combined with a larger tour, allowing students to visit in shifts.
Special requests
Guided tours in languages other than English may be arranged in advance. With advance notice, Weisman guides will adapt tours and workshops to best serve visitors with disabilities.
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