Ready to think, play and create? The New Children's Museum offers tours for schools and non-profit organizations ranging from pre-kindergarten to high school, and beyond. In addition to your tour, you can choose to participate in a hands-on studio art project, led by our trained artists!

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All school and group visits to The New Children’s Museum are:

• Participatory, hands-on experiences that encourage inquiry-based learning from original artworks.
• Designed to have interdisciplinary applications in the classroom in areas like visual arts, reading, writing, social studies, and science.
• Interactive engagement with original artworks, loads of activities in the Museum’s gallery space, and ample time to think, play and create!
• Grade level age-appropriate and standards aligned.

School and group visits are designed for groups of 10 to 60 students. Visits are offered every day except Tuesday from 10am–11:30am or 11:30am–1pm. Sessions after 1pm may be available upon request.

Facilitated tour
Led by a trained NCM guide. Facilitated tours offer  an enhanced Museum experience.
Price per child: $5
Price per chaperone: FREE (up to 1:5 ratio)
Additional chaperones: $5

Self Guided tour
Teachers and chaperones are given a tour curriculum to help guide the NCM experience. Self-guided tours are not recommended for groups larger than 40 students.
Price per child: $5
Price per chaperone: FREE (up to 1:3 ratio)
Additional chaperones: $5

The museum requires 1 chaperone per 5 students for grades K-8 for facilitated tours and 1 chaperone per 3 students for self guided tours. 1 chaperone per 10 students is required for  high school groups. Title 1 schools & Headstart Programs are eligible for free self-guided tours.

Opt to do a Studio Art Activity
Groups may choose to extend their visit with an additional 30 minute, hands-on, take-home studio art project in our Arts Education Center. The activity is inspired by the current exhibition, is grade-level appropriate, and is led by a trained facilitator. The fee for the studio art project is an additional $3 per child.

Book your visit today! Questions? Contact the Arts Education Center at schools@thinkplaycreate.org or 619 795 1342. For more information on group visit details, click here.