Guided Tours: Pre-K – 2nd Grade

Art Foundations

Through hands-on gallery activities, close looking, and reading storybooks, explore the basic foundations of art—such as color, shape, line, and/or pattern. Limit 50 students. Register for an Art Foundations tour.

Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts: Reading Strategies; Vocabulary Development; Culture and History; Media Literacy; Listening; Speaking; Teamwork

Math: Number, Order, and Quantitative Reasoning; Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking; Geometry and Spatial Reasoning; Measurement; Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools

Science: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

Social Studies: History; Geography; Culture; Science, Technology, and Society; Social Studies Skills

Art: Perception; Historical/Cultural Heritage; Response/Evaluation

Nature in Art

Discover elements of nature in art such as animals, plants and trees, seasons, and/or climates through hands-on gallery activities, close looking, and reading storybooks. Limit 50 students. Register for a Nature in Art tour.

Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts: Reading Strategies; Vocabulary Development; Culture and History; Media Literacy; Listening; Speaking; Teamwork

Math: Number, Order, and Quantitative Reasoning; Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking; Geometry and Spatial Reasoning; Measurement; Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools

Science: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

Social Studies: History; Geography; Culture; Science, Technology, and Society; Social Studies Skills

Art: Perception; Historical/Cultural Heritage; Response/Evaluation

People in Art

Explore themes related to people in art such as emotions, poses, clothing, family, community, traditions, and/or celebrations through hands-on gallery activities, close looking, and reading storybooks. Limit 50 students. Register for a People in Art tour.

Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts: Reading Strategies; Vocabulary Development; Culture and History; Media Literacy; Listening; Speaking; Teamwork

Math: Number, Order, and Quantitative Reasoning; Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking; Geometry and Spatial Reasoning; Measurement; Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools

Science: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

Social Studies: History; Geography; Culture; Science, Technology, and Society; Social Studies Skills

Art: Perception; Historical/Cultural Heritage; Response/Evaluation

The Artist's Imagination

Discover creativity and imagination in art making through hands-on gallery activities, close looking, and reading storybooks. Recommended for 1st and 2nd grade students, or for students who have previously visited the MFAH. Limit 50 students. Register for an Artist's Imagination tour.

Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts: Reading Strategies; Vocabulary Development; Culture and History; Media Literacy; Listening; Speaking; Teamwork

Math: Number, Order, and Quantitative Reasoning; Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking; Geometry and Spatial Reasoning; Measurement; Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools

Science: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

Social Studies: History; Geography; Culture; Science, Technology, and Society; Social Studies Skills

Art: Perception; Historical/Cultural Heritage; Response/Evaluation

The ExxonMobil School Tour program receives generous funding from ExxonMobil.
Additional support is provided by the Junior League of Houston, Inc.

All education programs at the MFAH, receive endowment income from funds provided by Caroline Wiess Law; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Favrot Fund; and Gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.