• Request a School Tour

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  • Use this form to request a guided tour, self-led visit, or virtual guided tour for your school or youth group. Due to a high volume of inquiries, we require all requests to be submitted by form. If you are unable to complete the form for any reason, please contact us at tours@walkerart.org or at 612.375.7609 for assistance. 

    For more information about bringing groups to the Walker, please visit the Tours & Group Visits page.

  • Request a K-12 or University Tour

  • I would like to request a guided tour or self-led group visit for a -*

  • Visit Information

    K-12
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  • Visit Information

    College/University
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  • Themes for Guided Tours

    K-12

  • Themes for Guided Tours - K-12  

    The Walker offers four themes for K-12 tours, each designed to meet Minnesota K-12 academic standards. Learn more about each theme and select your preferred choice below.

    Introduction to Contemporary Art tours guide students through the process of close-looking and critical analyses of contemporary artworks. These tours are designed to develop skills to promote questioning and interpretation of artworks. 

    Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM) tours focus on the intersection of art and STEM, exploring questions of scale and developing critical thinking. 

    English Language Arts (ELA) tours explore artworks in the Walker’s collection to reveal how elements of art operate like language to identify characters, weave plots, and tell stories. 

    Social Studies tours approach artworks that delve into history and contemporary issues to speak about the human condition. Attendees will explore the artists’ background and intention and make connections with historical and current events.

    Design Triennial: Beyond Materialism tours invite students to reflect on how they interact with design in their everyday lives and how objects connect us to each other. They will explore the innovative methods, materials, and questions that designers working today experiment with. (Available October 21-February 12)

  • I am interested in the following theme for my guided tour:*

  • Themes for Art Labs

  • Themes for Art Labs

    Introduction to Contemporary Art: 

    • Paper Collage (K-8th grade): students will make creatures or self-portraits with only scraps of colorful and pattered paper. 
    • Design a Sculpture (K-12th grade): students will create their own sculptures using model magic and other materials. 

    Social Studies

    • Collection Cabinet (K-6th grade): students will create a folding “cabinet” card with drawings about things that hold special memories and ideas.
    • Time Capsule (K-12th grade): students will make time capsules for their future selves with items that help mark their current moment.

    STEAM

    • Kinetic Creations (K-3rd grade): students will create sculptures that have moving elements.
    • Tallest Tower (3rd-12th grade): students will work collaboratively to create sculptures that meet a challenge
    • Walker Charter Center (3rd-12th grade): after considering how information can be communicated, students will translate data into an abstract artwork.

    ELA

    • What’s the Story (K-12th grade): students will imagine their own characters and then depict them in an artwork. 
    • Collage Zines (6th-12th grade): after learning about zines, students will create their own three-part story using found images from magazines and newspapers.
  • I am interested in the following theme for my Art Lab (please select a theme that matches the theme you selected for your guided tour and grade level)*

  • Virtual Tours

  • See below for descriptions of each theme. 

  • I am interested in the following theme for my virtual guided tour:*

  • Themes for Virtual Guided Tours

     

    K–5: Art Investigators  
    In this tour, students will explore three works of contemporary art from the Walker’s collection, investigate their content and context, and react to them thoughtfully. Students will gain tools for appreciating and responding to contemporary art while sharing their responses with each other and, of course, having fun! 
     
    6–12: Making Meaning 
    In this tour, students will practice observing contemporary artworks, considering their context, and making informed and well-reasoned evaluations of the work, gaining the tools to become expert museumgoers and appreciators of contemporary art. 
     
    K–12: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM)
    Connect concepts of science, engineering, mathematics, and ethics in unique ways with one of our STEAM tours. Learn about artists that think like scientists and consider the impact that technology and design have on the future and today’s world. 
     
    K–12: English Language Arts (ELA)
    How do artists communicate through their artwork? What stories do they tell? In this lesson, students will try to answer these questions by carefully observing a variety of artworks and having informed discussions about them. 
     
    K–12: Contemporary Black Artists  
     
    This tour focuses on works by contemporary Black artists and sheds light on their practices and the issues they address through their art. Explore work by local and international artists and hone skills of observation, discussion, research and reflection to thoughtfully analyze artworks. 
     
    K–12: Contemporary Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Artists  
    Learn about contemporary AAPI artists and the concepts they explore in their artwork. Consider the historical and cultural context in which these artists work to make informed and well-reasoned interpretations. Students will see a variety of styles, themes, and mediums by a diverse array of AAPI artists. 
     
    9–12: Contemporary LGBTQIA+ Artists  
    Students will explore four artworks from the Walker collection by LGBTQ+ artists. Students will analyze the formal elements of the artworks as they consider the themes that they explore and the social and political contexts they were created in. 
     
    K–12: Sustainability in Art  
    This tour focuses on artists who are inspired by the natural world. Learn about artworks that incorporate natural materials and artists who are inventing new and interesting ways to make our planet more sustainable. 
     
    K–12: Custom Tours  
    Looking to make specific connections to your classroom curriculum? The Walker’s educators can design a custom program plan connecting contemporary art to the topics that you’re exploring with your students. 

  • Dates & Times

    Virtual Tours

  • List 3 possible dates for your virtual tour in order of preference. Please note that requests must be submitted at least 3 weeks in advance of your desired visit date(s). 

  • Date 1*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.*
  • Date 2*
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  • Date 3*
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  • Dates & Times

    K-12

  • List 3 possible dates for your tour in order of preference. Please note that requests must be submitted at least 3 weeks in advance of your desired visit date(s). 

    The Walker is closed on Mondays & Tuesdays.

  • Date 1*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.*
  • Date 2*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.
  • Date 3*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.

  • Dates & Times

    College/University

  • List 3 possible dates for your tour in order of preference:

  • Date 1*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.*
  • Date 2*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.
  • Date 3*
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  • Choose a time block for this date that matches your availability. You may select more than one.

  • Contact Information

    K-12
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • School Information

    K-12
  • Type of School:*

  • Contact Information

    College/University
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • School Information

    College/University
  • Does your college/university have an active partnership with the Walker?*

  • Learn more about what a college partnership with the Walker has to offer.

  • Group Information

    K-12

  • View chaperone guidelines.

  • What grade(s) are your students in? Select all that apply.*

  • Language & Specific Needs

  • The Walker offers tours for inclusive classrooms catering to English language learners as well as students with sensory sensitivities and disabilities. 

    Your tour may include artworks that include sensory components such as moving image works, or artworks with changes in light and sound. Please let us know in the space below if you have questions or if your group has any needs that we should incorporate into tour planning.
     
    Learn more about accessibility at the Walker here, and review exhibition webpages for content and sensory information here. 

  • Language Needs

    The Walker provides tours in a variety of languages. When possible, we provide direct instruction in your requested language by a Walker Educator(s). When an Educator is fluent in that language is not available, we use an interpreter. We will let you know in your booking confirmation how your tour will be facilitated.

  • For accessibility, what language does this tour need to be conducted in?*
  • Do you have any students who are English learners? (This will help our Educators prepare, even if no interpreters are needed.)*

  • Accessibility Needs

    Your tour may include artworks that include sensory components such as moving image works, or artworks with changes in light and sound. Two galleries are accessible via a single-user lift. Please let us know in the space below if you have questions, or if your group has any needs that we should incorporate into tour planning.

    Learn more about accessibility at the Walker, and review exhibition pages for content and sensory information.

  • Group Information

    College/University
  • What college program(s) are your students enrolled in?*

  • Alene Grossman Memorial Bus Fund

  • The Walker offers up to $400 per visit to schools who require transportation assistance to and from the Walker for guided visits. K–12 schools may be awarded up to $400 reimbursement for the cost of transportation (arranged by the school) or for a bus arranged by the Walker. Funding is limited. We will confirm whether funding is available in your tour confirmation email.
     
    K-12 school groups must meet the following requirements to receive bus funding: 
     
    1. Be a K–12 school (public, private, or charter).

    2. Commit to visiting the Walker for a guided field trip. (Self-led visits do not qualify for bus funding at this time.) 
     
    3. Finalize the visit dates for the Walker field trip at least 3 weeks in advance. 
     
    4. Commit to bringing at least 10 students on the field trip 
     
    5. If choosing the reimbursement option (see below), submit your bus invoice and a completed W9 within 4 weeks of the visit to the Walker.

  • Are you interested in receiving up to $400 in bus funding?*

  • Alene Grossman Memorial Bus Fund

  • Is your school located in the Twin Cities 7 county metro area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington)?*
  • Is your school a:*
  • Would you prefer to arrange your own transportation and be reimbursed or have the Walker arrange a bus for you*
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