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

Keep Your Balance: Writing Symmetrically

Objective: Students will use symmetry in their writing. 

Pattern and Repetition in Art

Objective: Students will create an artwork using patterns. 

The Meaning of Home

Objective: In this two-part activity, students will experiment with perspective to explore the meaning of home. 

Reusing and Reexamining Pop Culture

Objective: Students will reinterpret an advertisement like self-taught artists in the Accidental Genius exhibition did. 

The Similarities and Differences That Unite Us

Objective: Students will compare and contrast two artworks using digital media.

The Brush Is in Your Court!

Objective: Students will connect a piece of artwork with a personal story.