Tours may be requested for school groups for Tuesdays – Fridays, 10 am – 3:30 pm.
The Harn offers docent-led tours with a discussion and inquiry-based learning approach for students in all grade levels and subject areas. Choose from one of the School Tour Programs listed below or customize your visit to directly relate to themes and topics being explored in your classroom. A maximum of 60 students may be accommodated for each tour, and guided school groups may tour the museum Tuesday – Friday 10 am to 3 pm.
Home school groups are welcome at the Harn. Complete the tour request form to schedule a group tour that can be customized to meet your learning goals.
Groups that prefer to self-guide the museum without docent educators are welcome to visit during our regular hours of operation Tuesday – Sunday. To avoid scheduling conflicts with other programs and tours, please contact the museum at least two weeks in advance of your visit. Please note that our policy requires that K–12th grade students visiting our galleries be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Access suggested activities for self-guided student groups.
Choose one of these special themes or simply request “highlights of the museum.”
Students will engage with museum objects, museum staff and the physical museum site to develop and inform their understanding of how an art museum works.
Students will encounter artwork inspired by or created in response to the natural world, investigating the connection between artist and environment.
Students will explore artwork from various countries and cultural traditions, expanding their concept of self in the context of their community and beyond.
Students analyze and respond to artwork through individual, partnered and team activities in the galleries. Guided by a docent-educator, students participate in three discussion-based quests that strengthen visual literacy skills, deepen personal connections and inspire creativity.
Students choose one artwork in response to a question. Following individual time reflecting, studying and writing about their selected objects, students join together to share their ideas with each other during an educator-led tour that includes all selected artwork. Reflection questions are designed by museum staff and focus on empathy-building, self-reflection and multi-cultural awareness.
Teachers may request custom themes to connect directly with class curriculum.
Tour the museum virtually through an interactive Google Slide presentation or facilitated Zoom session. Virtual tours feature guided viewings of a selection of objects through videos and images and suggestions for related activities and discussion prompts. Museum educators are available to facilitate live interactive Zoom sessions of The Natural World Reflected in Art Tour and What is An Art Museum? themes. To request a Zoom session, please contact tours@harn.ufl.edu.
Intended for elementary and middle school students, the What is An Art Museum? Virtual Tour examines how an art museum functions by looking at the people who work there and the different types of art inside. Uncover the role of an art museum by using your mouse or touch screen to navigate through the presentation.
Intended for elementary and middle school students, The Natural World Reflected in Art Virtual Tour explores artworks inspired by or created in response to the natural world. Investigate the connection between artist and environment by using your mouse or touch screen to navigate through the presentation.
Each object has many stories. Stories can be about how or why something was made, what the artist was thinking, and how we relate to it. We exchange stories to find and share meaning. Stories have power. Use this guide to learn stories about art and your role in those...
Examine the concept of community through the Harn’s Living in Diverse Worlds tour then define individual understanding through art making and self-reflective writing.
Enjoy a closer look at this popular figure in Indian culture.
For more information about any of our School and Educator Programs, contact Paige Willis, Community Engagement and Museum Interpretation Manager at 352.294.7062.
