Enrich your students’ learning experience with a trip to the Everhart Museum. We offer guided tours of our collections, as well as content-focused workshops that include hands-on activities. Costs include the tour, as well as admission to the museum for the rest of the day! Don’t see what you are looking for? Ask us!  We work with individual teachers to supplement their classroom curriculum.

Spring 2013 Guided Tours

Everhart Museum Tour 
Grades kindergarten to 12
10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Your day includes:
*90-minute guided tour of museum exhibits
*gift shop option
*lunch at Nay Aug Park
COST PER STUDENT:  $5.00
(for every 10 students, one chaperons will receive free admission.  All additional chaperons are $5.00)

Students will receive a round-robin guided tour of up to three museum exhibits.  Tour options are as follows:

“Blood-sucking Creatures from Beyond!”
Maslow Gallery- The Blood is the Life: Vampires in Art and Nature

“What’s in a Painting?”
Fine Art Gallery

“When They Walked the Earth”
- Rocks & Dinosaur Galleries

“Feathers and Fur”
Bird Gallery & Visible Storage

“Folk Art Traditions”
Folk Art Gallery

“Ancient Civilization”
Ancient Worlds Gallery

“Power & Beauty”
African Gallery

Everhart Museum Tour & Workshop -
Grades kindergarten to 12
10:00 am to 1:30 pm 

Your day includes:
*60-minute tour of museum exhibits
*30-minute hands-on workshop
*gift shop option
*lunch at Nay Aug Park
COST PER STUDENT:  $7.00
(for every 10 students, one chaperons will receive free admission.  All additional chaperons are $5.00)

Students will receive a round-robin guided tour of up to three museum exhibits along with a 30-minute hands-on workshop inspired by the tour.  Tour & workshop options are as follows:

“Blood-sucking Creatures from Beyond!”
Workshop options:
-Creating Imaginary Characters: grades k-2 & grades 6-8
-The Life Cycle of a Bug: grades k-2 & 3-6 
- Bram-o-rama!: grades 9-12

“What’s in a Painting?”
Workshop options:
- Fine Art Portraiture: grades k-12
- NEPA Landscapes : grades k-12

“When They Walked the Earth”
Workshop options:
- What is a Fossil?: grades k-2
- Dino-bird Kites: grades 3-6

“Feathers and Fur”
 Workshop options:
- Bird Watch!: grades 3-6 & 6-8

“Folk Art Traditions”
Workshop options:
- Exploring Ethnic Tradition through the Art of Cut Paper: grades 3-6, 6-8 & 9-12
- American Folklore: grades 3-6 

“Ancient Civilization”
Workshop options:
- Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics: grades 6-8
- Ancient Jewelry: grades 3-6 & 6-8
- Masks of Papua New Guinea

“Power & Beauty”
Workshop options:
- Tools of the Trade: grades 3-6 & 6-8
-  Handmade Instruments: grades 6-8 & 9-12
- Traditional Dance: grades 3-6, 6-8 & 9-12 

Other options:

Geology Tour

90 minutes; $7/student (suitable for Grades 4 and older)
Tour of Rocks & Minerals and Dinosaur & Fossil galleries and a classroom-based workshop.

* For every five students, one chaperone is admitted free of charge. Additional chaperones must pay the same fee as the students.