Public Tour: Artwork from Around the World
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART
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Engage with artworks from cultures around the world, spanning from ancient to recent times in this one-hour guided tour.
We design tours to engage and spark your curiosity! Visitors of all ages are welcome. We hope you'll leave your tour with a sense of excitement and wonder, curious to learn more about art, yourself, others, and the world around us.
Tour on your own with self-guided materials available from the information desk on the first floor.
Public Tour: Artwork from Around the World
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART
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Engage with artworks from cultures around the world, spanning from ancient to recent times in this one-hour guided tour.
IU Family Weekend Gallery Walk
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART
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Celebrate IU Family Weekend! Bring friends and family to experience the art museum as a place for discovery, wellness, and connection. RSVP required.
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART
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Celebrate Fall Break! Experience the art museum as a place for discovery, wellness, and connection.
Public Tour: Global Contemporary Art
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART
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Explore highlights of the museum’s collections and exhibitions of contemporary art. Explore examples made with a variety of media from around the globe.
Field trips introduce students to a selection of artworks and encourage them to look, analyze, and share their responses to the art. To schedule a K–12 field trip, review the options, then fill out a request form.
Many of our students have never been exposed to a museum. It was wonderful for the students to be a part of this engaging educational experience.
Middle school art teacher, Jennings County
We encourage faculty to supplement their course content with an in-person or virtual visit to the museum. To plan an experience for faculty, undergraduate, or graduate students, contact Ben Gardner, our Mellon and Moravec University Experiences Manager.

One hour | Grades 2–8 | 6–50 participants
Imagine yourself on an epic adventure around the world! Students work together in groups to interpret works of art through embodied movement, creative improvised storytelling, music, imagination, sketching, conversations, and/or arts-based wellness experiences.
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One hour | 6–45 adult participants
Learn about the museum and its collections.
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One hour | 6–30 adult participants
Discover what's new. Tour one of our featured exhibitions or a combination. In your request, please include which exhibition(s) you hope to see.
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One hour | Grades 9–12 | Up to 72 participants
A semi-guided museum experience for high school students who are ready for structured independence. You know your students best. This tour offers choices and requires responsible behavior.
Learn moreOne hour | Grades 6–12 | Up to 20 participants
Come play a series of social games in the galleries and encounter art (and each other!) in unexpected ways.
Learn moreOne hour | Grades 9–12 or undergraduates | Up to 20 participants
Explore the museum with a museum professional to learn about possible career paths in museums as we have a conversation about how museums work and the variety of roles people play behind-the-scenes.
Learn moreOne hour | Grades 2–8 | Up to 50 participants
This new program will begin in January 2027. Learn about world cultures and art with a guided experience in the galleries and artmaking in the studio!
Learn moreOne hour | Up to 60 participants
This program provides opportunities to experience the art museum as a place to explore one’s natural curiosity, a space to destress and pursue wellness, and/or as a place to come for a social outing with creative ways to experience art together with others.
Learn moreTwo hours | Up to 15 participants
If you or your team are looking for a fun way to build connection and enhance collaboration, while also experiencing the museum in a new way, schedule a retreat that will involve gallery games and art-making!
Learn moreEmail us at ematours@iu.edu for more information about booking your tour at the museum.