Activities

Find Resources by Activity Type

Discover resources tailored to your teaching needs by selecting the type of activity that fits your lesson plan or field trip schedule:

Classroom Activities 

Ready-to-use materials designed for immediate use in the classroom.   

  • pre-visit activities to prepare students for their museum experience   
  • post-visit activities to reflect on and extend their learning after the trip. 

Gallery Activities 

Designed for use in the Museum galleries during your visit.  

Videos 

More resources to connect the museum and your classroom.

  • BBL – The BBL Series captures Barbara Brown Lee’s unique relationship to, and passion for the works in the Museum’s Collection, providing the viewer with a rich and engaging perspective on the art. 
  • Hangout with Art – a collection of recorded talks with Milwaukee-area professionals who don’t work in museums but use art in their work and lives. 
  • Museum Inside Out – Learn more about what goes on behind the scenes at the Milwaukee Art Museum. 

Recent Resources

Counting and Adding in the Shepard’s View by Lukas Krog

Objective: Students will be able to count objects in a group, categorize them into subgroups, and add these groups to find totals.

Seeing Women, Seeing Society by Emma McManus

Objective: Students will analyze a 1970’s street photograph as a cultural source, identifying visual cues about gender, fashion, and public life to discuss how artists reflect social change and identity.

Exploring Nature and Science by Madison Kutz

Objective: Students will observe the painting to explore how water shapes the land.

Lesson by Julia Costigan

Objective: Students will identify shapes, patterns, and symmetry within the artwork.

Shapes and Design in Art by Mala Shiltz

Objective: Students will observe a piece of art and identify the different shapes
they see.

Lesson by Alyson Stefiuk

Objective: Students will compare two artworks to understand how social class, environment, and daily responsibilities shape people’s lived experiences.