At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, students and teachers are invited to explore works of art spanning six continents and thousands of years of history. We offer innovative programs for students and teachers that encourage exploration of the MFA’s world-renowned collections and groundbreaking exhibitions.
Programs for Teachers
The MFA offers workshops and training for educators throughout the year. For more information about upcoming opportunities, visit Teacher Professional Development.
After School Programs
The Artful Adventures program provides opportunities for children ages 3 and older to connect with the art and cultures of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through engagement with the MFA collections. Participatory and interactive, these programs are planned jointly between community and Museum teaching staff and include a customized tour and art-making activity. For more information, visit Community Programs.
The Lunder Maine Student Membership Program
Effective July 1, 2011, The Lunder Maine Student Membership Program allows Maine students of all ages in public and private school, as well as those who are home schooled, to visit the Museum free of charge. To request a school group visit, please complete our request form and indicate that you are visiting from a school in Maine.
School Group Visits
For more information about bringing your school group to the MFA, see School/Youth Group Visits.
For a list of guided tours that are available during the 2010-2011 school year with Massachusetts curriculum frameworks connections, see Student/Youth Group Tour Descriptions.
Programs for Schools in Need
The MFA offers funding to assist schools in need that want to bring student groups to the Museum.
Learn more about the Rothwell School Bus Fund and the Alice W. Dorr Foundation Scholarship for the What Artists Do (WAD) program.
Sponsors
Teacher Professional Development Programs are funded in part by a grant from The Lowell Institute and The Rabb/Goldberg/Cahners Fund for Teacher Resources.
The Bus Fund was made possible by a grant from the Paul Taylor and Adeline Gertrude Magrane Rothwell Philanthropic Fund at the recommendation of a current gallery instructor.
MFA Educators Online is made possible through the generous support of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Support for MFA School Programs provided by the Smith Family Thinking Through Art Program Fund; the Edwin S. Webster Foundation Fund for School Programs; the Louise O. and Robert F. Levin Fund for Innovation in Teaching; Helene R. Cahners-Kaplan and Carol R. Goldberg; the Stevens Foundations; the Ulf B. and Elizabeth C. Heide Education Fund; the Education of Children in the Museum Fund; the Patricia and Robert Lawrence Fund for Education; the Dorothy Wagenknecht Fund; the Mabel Louise Riley Fund for School Programs; the Gallery Instructors and Gallery Instructor Associates Fund for the Partnership with the Boston Public Schools; the Gloria and Irving Fox Fund for Education; the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Fund; Edith T. and Russell C. de Burlo, Jr.; the U.S Department of Education; and anonymous donors. Support provided by: Michael D. Dingman Fund; Pamela D. Adams Fund for Artful Adventures; Richard W. and Marjorie S. Dammann Fund; Mrs. Charles H. Taylor Fund; William O. and Sally Taylor Fund; Rieka, Samuel and Renée Rapaporte Fund for Educational Outreach for Youth and Families; Kennedy P. and Susan M. Richardson Fund for Learning and Community Engagement; Bramhall Fund; and the Estate of Charlotte Brayton.
The Gallery Instructor Program is funded through a generous endowment by Marcia and Louis Kamentsky. Support is also provided by the Bascha Snyder Education Fund, the Grace S. Dane Fund, and the National Docent Symposium Gallery Instructors Fund for Professional Development.
Rhetoric Competition
In its eighth year, the Museum’s popular Rhetoric competition returns on May 23 at 4 pm. Students render the dramatic passages they’ve chosen from the Iliad or the Odyssey. Learn more.
