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

Science, Writing, & Art by Hailey Bates

Objective: Students will be able to analyze the image and create a story about the types of organisms that would live in the environment. 

History & Art by Nick Anderson

Objective: Students will explore the significance of the Titanic, discover what caused it to sink, and will express their understanding through creative expression. 

Creative Writing & Art by Natalie Forrest

Objective: Students will write a story from the perspective of the painting that makes sense contextually and aligns with the painting’s description. 

Science & Art by Natalie Forrest

Objective: Students will use the information they already know about organisms and how they look and function to answer questions with contextually accurate answers. 

Short Story by Unknown

Objective: Students will describe the painting. Students will create their own short story about the painting. 

Erosion & Art by Unknown

Objective: Students will explore the concept of erosion through the art piece, Lone Rock with Canoe, by Henry Hamilton Bennett.