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 | | | NEW! MFA Educators Online
Educators Online is a new learning tool from the MFA that allows you to create custom art galleries and share them with your students online or in the classroom. With this exciting resource, you'll help students develop critical thinking skills and express themselves in new ways.
MFA Educators Online is made possible through the generous support of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. |
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School Groups
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, students and teachers are invited to explore works of art spanning six continents and thousands of years of history. We offer innovative programs for students and teachers that encourage exploration of the MFA’s world-renowned collections and groundbreaking exhibitions. For more information about bringing your school group to the MFA, see School Group Visits.
For a list of guided tours that are available during the 2008-09 school year with Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks Connections see
Group Tour Descriptions.
Due to construction, some galleries are closed and individual works may be unavailable. A few school group visit offerings have been revised accordingly.
Rothwell School Bus Fund for Fall Visits
The Bernard J. Rothwell School Bus Fund was established in 2006 to provide schools in need with bus transportation subsidies of $250 to bring classes to the MFA for gallery instructor-guided tours from October through December. This fund was made possible by a grant from the Paul Taylor and Adeline Gertrude Magrane Rothwell Philanthropic Fund at the recommendation of a current gallery instructor. Please submit a Bus Fund Application Form and School Group Visit Request Form simultaneously. Grants are limited and will be distributed with priority consideration given to School Groups with demonstrated financial need and first-time Museum visitors.
Early Admission for School Groups
Explore the Museum before it opens to the public. Take advantage of a 9:30 am entry to our Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East collections, as well as guided tours of Gund special exhibitions. To learn more or to request a tour, see School Group Visits.
Recently received funding from a local foundation enables the MFA to open early for school groups at no extra cost.
Please join us in thanking the following donors, who make MFA School Programs possible:
Support for School Programs at the MFA is provided by the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation and the Smith Family Thinking Through Art Program Fund; the Germeshausen Foundation Fund for Youth and Family Learning; the Edwin S. Webster Foundation Fund for School Programs; Helene R. Cahners-Kaplan and Carol R. Goldberg; the Stevens Foundations; the Ulf B. and Elizabeth C. Heide Fifth Grade Education Fund; the Education of Children in the Museum Fund; the Patricia and Robert Lawrence Fund for Education; the Dorothy Wagenknecht Fund; the Mabel Louise Riley Fund for School Programs; the Gallery Instructors and Gallery Instructor Associates Fund for the Partnership with the Boston Public Schools; the Gloria and Irving Fox Fund for Museum Learning and Public Programs; the Morton P. Prince Fund; the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Fund; Edith T. and Russell C. de Burlo, Jr., and anonymous donors.
The Gallery Instructor Program is funded through a generous endowment by Marcia and Louis Kamentsky. Support is also provided by the Bascha Snyder Education Fund, the Grace S. Dane Fund, and the National Docent Symposium Gallery Instructors Fund for Professional Development.
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Teacher Professional Development
The MFA offers workshops and training for educators throughout the year. For more information about upcoming opportunities, visit Teacher Professional Development.
Teacher Professional Development Programs are funded in part by a grant from The Lowell Institute and The Rabb/Goldberg/Cahners Fund for Teacher Resources.
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Student Competitions
Middle and high school students are invited to participate in rhetoric competitions at the Museum. Learn more.
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Artful Adventures
A customized introduction to the MFA and its collections. Participatory and interactive, these programs are planned jointly between community and Museum teaching staff and include an art-making activity. For more information, please call 617-369-3303, (TTY) 617-267-9703, e-mail artfuladventures@mfa.org, or click here.
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