Tour Types

Art Investigators

One hour | Grades 2–8 | 6–50 participants

Imagine yourself on an epic adventure around the world! Complete up to six mini quests. 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.

This program is a research-based, trauma-informed experience designed for engagement. Ask us for more information about trauma-informed principles of teaching and learning.

This tour engages with art on the first and second floors of the museum, spanning from ancient civilizations to modern art. An add-on is available if you’d like to visit the third floor.

This tour meets Indiana Academic Standards.

Maximum capacity is 4 pods with 12 students each.

Pre-visit resources will be provided.

Choose a timeslot that enables your group to be here ready before start time. Due to class schedules, this tour ends on time despite late arrivals. Late arrivals will skip a portion of the tour.

This program is offered with a choice of day/times, during the IU academic year:

10 – 11 a.m., Tuesdays – Fridays

12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays

A self-guided add-on is available for this program. Please let us know on the tour request form if you would like an add-on and which gallery, so we can plan for gallery capacity. Options include:

BYO Lesson Plan

Sketching in the Gallery

Art Conversation Cards

Review chaperone guidelines for tours.

Teen Gallery Walk

One hour | Grades 9–12 | Up to 60 participants

This is 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.

The Teen Gallery Walk empowers teens to take charge of their museum experience. It engages students by building trust, offering choices, and promoting opportunities for self-discovery and emotional self-regulation.

Unless the teacher has a specific assignment in mind for this visit, we will facilitate activities designed to offer a variety of modes of experiencing an art museum: as a place to explore one’s natural curiosity, a space to de-stress and pursue wellness, and as a place to come for a social outing with creative ways to experience art together with others.

The Gallery Walk typically visits three galleries. In each gallery, your guide will:

introduce you to what’s on view, in a nutshell, and how the gallery is organized

introduce one of the top reasons people choose to visit museums in their precious free time (e.g. to explore, to recharge, to socialize).

provide time to follow your heart with a self-guided prompt, so you can spend a little time with what most interests you within that gallery

remain available to chat and respond to questions as you look at what interests you

circle up the group to find out which artworks you chose, what you discovered by looking carefully, what kinds of questions and observations came up, etc.

Teen Gallery Walk is a research-based, trauma-informed experience designed for engagement. Ask us for more information about trauma-informed principles of teaching and learning.

Maximum capacity is three pods with 20 students each.

Pre-visit resources will be provided.

Choose a timeslot that enables your group to be here ready before start time. Due to class schedules, this tour ends on time despite late arrivals. Late arrivals will skip a portion of the tour.

This program is offered with a choice of day/times:

10 – 11 a.m., Tuesdays – Fridays, during the IU academic year

12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays

A self-guided add-on is available for this program. Please let us know on the tour request form if you would like an add-on and which gallery, so we can plan for gallery capacity. Options include:

BYO Lesson Plan

Sketching in the Gallery

Art Conversation Cards

If you would like an add-on, on the tour request form please let us know which gallery or galleries so we can plan for gallery capacity.

For teachers who want to make the most of the campus visit by scheduling a combination of tours from multiple departments on campus in a single day, we can provide a list of some options with contact information.

Review chaperone guidelines for tours.

Gallery Games

One 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. Guests will travel to 3 different galleries and be led through a series of activities that encourage different ways of interacting with art, while getting to share their own experiences with others.

Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance. This program is facilitated by our Arts-based Wellness Experiences Manager. Reservations are available for Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. only.

A self-guided add-on is available for this program. Options include sketching in the gallery, a scavenger hunt, Art Cards, or BYO Lesson Plan. Please let us know on the tour request form if you want an add-on, so we can plan for gallery capacity.

For teachers who want to make the most of the campus visit by scheduling a combination of tours from multiple departments on campus in a single day, we can provide a list of some options with contact information.

Museum Careers Tour

One 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.

As we explore galleries, we’ll consider:

What kinds of careers are involved in bringing a museum experience to life? What kinds of jobs are available in museums?

What do people in those jobs actually do?

What choices do museum professionals get to make? How do those choices affect experiences for museum guests?

This new program will begin in January 2027. It will be available on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.

A virtual option is available for this tour. For a virtual program, please note that in the comments when you fill out the tour request form.

A self-guided add-on is available for this program. Please let us know on the tour request form if you would like an add-on and which gallery you’d like to use, so we can plan for gallery capacity. Options include:

BYO Lesson Plan

Sketching in the Gallery

Art Conversation Cards

For teachers who want to make the most of the campus visit by scheduling a combination of tours from multiple departments on campus in a single day, we can provide a list of some options with contact information.

World Explorers: Art and Artmaking

One 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! Details forthcoming.

Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.

For teachers who want to make the most of the campus visit by scheduling a combination of tours from multiple departments on campus in a single day, we can provide a list of some options with contact information.

Gallery Walk

One 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 de-stress and pursue wellness, and/or as a place to come for a social outing with creative ways to experience art together with others.

The Gallery Walk typically visits three galleries. In each gallery, your guide will:

introduce you to what’s on view, in a nutshell, and how the gallery is organized

introduce one of the top reasons people choose to visit museums in their precious free time (e.g. to explore, to recharge, to socialize).

provide time to follow your heart with a self-guided prompt, so you can spend a little time with what most interests you within that gallery

remain available to chat and respond to questions as you look at what interests you

circle up the group to find out which artworks you chose, what you discovered by looking carefully, what kinds of questions and observations came up, etc.

Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance. Reservations are available for a choice of times:

12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Tuesdays—Sundays

1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays—Sundays

3 :00 – 4:00 p.m., Tuesdays—Sundays

Team-building Workshop

Two 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, reach out to our Arts-based Wellness Experiences Manager to schedule a retreat that will involve gallery games and art-making!

Team-building Workshops are approximately 2 hours, capped at 15 participants. Workshop attendees meet in the atrium of the museum. Comfortable clothing is suggested, as art supplies will be used. Participants are welcome to incorporate lunch plans into their retreat; coordinate with the Arts-based Wellness Experiences Manager for more details.

New on View

One hour | 6–30 adult participants

Discover what’s new. Tour one of our featured exhibitions or a combination. In your request, let us know which exhibition(s) you hope to see.

Before you request a tour, please review our current and upcoming exhibitions, including opening and closing dates. Be sure to check that your visit coincides with the exhibition dates.

Artwork from Around the World

One hour | 6–45 adult participants

Explore artworks from cultures around the world, spanning from ancient times to the present. This tour includes an introduction to the museum and its collections.