School Tours

Spark your students' curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens has a variety of engaging tours available for schools, after school and community organizations during the 2020–21 school year. Live virtual experiences will be offered this fall, and traditional in-person field trips will be offered once it is safe to do so.

PERMANENT COLLECTION TOURS

Permanent Collection Tours explore both the art galleries and the gardens.

PreK: My Outdoor World – Students will learn about the world around them through art, music, literature, and movement, while exploring their relationship with animals, plants, and the river.

Kindergarten through First Grade: The Art of Portraiture – Students will view portraits from various cultures and time periods, and learn to identify facial features and clues to feelings through facial expressions.

Second through Third Grade: Elements of Art – Students will explore the art elements of line, shape, color, and form through interaction with two- and three-dimensional art objects.

Fourth through Fifth Grade: The Art of Florida – Students will explore the history of Florida and the First Coast through works of art with local subjects and expand their understanding of the community’s history.

Middle through High School: General Art History  – Students examine and discuss works ranging from an Ancient Egyptian stele to paintings by 20th century American masters. 

Special Exhibition Tours

Available for all grade levels. 

October 27 through January 15, 2021 - Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church and our Contemporary Moment
Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment takes a look at the interconnections between art and science as artists from the nineteenth century to today represent ecology, nature, and the landscape. The exhibition features paintings, sketches, and natural history specimens – all products of the artists’ observations. The tour leads students through the artistic process – from close observation to sketching and visual representation. Tour participants will observe and explore the similarities, differences, and interconnections between landscapes, pollinators, and habitats using the elements of art – line, shape, and color.