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

Community Map by Madelyn Joyce

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Lesson in Light by Mary Riley

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Artful Arrays! by Natalie Glorioso

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The Mummy by Lauryn Joy

Objective: Students will explain how beliefs about the afterlife influenced burial practices in Ancient Egypt, using evidence from artifacts. Look:…

Lesson by Millie Busse

Objective: Students will write in detail an imaginary short story that conveys an event connectedto their reflection on the Venetian…