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

Creative Writing by Sunshine Conner

Objective: Students will create a short story/narrative about the painting displayed in detail. The story should include who, what, when, where, and why about what is happening in the painting. 

Wisconsin History/Culture by Sunshine Conner

Objective: Students will be able to connect their current experiences and knowledge of the Wisconsin State Fair to the history and its significance in Wisconsin culture. 

Dogs by Traci Beffel

Objective: Students will see the benefits animals have in groups and how opportunities for survival are greater than being alone. 

The Event by Traci Beffel

Objective: Students will know that people can have different perspectives from looking at the same image. Students can listen to and welcome the ideas of others and compare and contrast them to their own. 

Westward Expansion and Art by Cole Allen

Objective: Students will explore the impact that white settlers had on Plains Indian nations and bison. 

Mythology and Art by Cole Allen

Objective: Students will explore how to create a story based on an abstract, up to interpretation, image based on Midgard by Anselm Kiefer.