Summer Visits
Expand your learning at Glenstone.
Glenstone Visit Types
We provide three types of visits for youth visitors over the age of 12. This includes guided visits, self-led visits, and virtual visits. Visits are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
School Visit Logistics
40 Students – max group visit capacity
4 Chaperones – number of required school chaperones during visit. Students will be divided into groups of 10 visitors or fewer.
Rain or Shine – All Glenstone visits include outdoor time, no matter the weather
Before You Visit
Group leaders may visit ahead of your trip to prepare utilizing guaranteed entry.
Share School Visit at Glenstone video (01:07) with your group to set expectations
Share What is Glenstone video (10:00) with your group to learn more about artists in our collection and hear directly from Glenstone’s founders and guides.
If needed, request special accommodation in advance with Glenstone’s Community Engagement team.
Summer Guided Engagements
Summer guided visits will be available for scheduling starting Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
For the summer season, guided engagements are available on Thursdays and Fridays from July 9 through August 14, 2026.
Guided visits will start at 10:30 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. Afterwards, groups are welcome to stay for self-led exploration of the rest of Glenstone in small groups.
Guided programs are led by knowledgeable guides that use artful thinking routines, modeled on strategies developed by Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education, to encourage student engagement.
10:30 a.m. Start – One guided engagement is offered from 10:30a.m. - 11:30a.m. each Thursday and Friday from July 9 to August 14, 2026.
3-4 Artworks – Number of Glenstone collection pieces students will engage with during their guided visit. Weather may limit time with outdoor sculpture.
What Students Will Learn
During guided visits, students will have the opportunity to work on:
Critical Thinking and Interpretation Skills – Your class will learn how to talk about art, and how to use language that communicates ideas and visual experiences.
Personal Expression – Students will share their own ideas about art, architecture, and nature. At Glenstone, we want to help students feel more independent by encouraging them to express their own important opinions.
Mindfulness Techniques – Students will discover ways to apply mindfulness techniques in their own lives. Close-looking techniques, as a kind of mindfulness activity, can offer students a way to slow down and get to know the world around them at their own pace.
Sustainability – Students will encounter new ways of thinking about sustainability. Students will discover how organizations and individuals can make decisions that are good for the environment.
Self-Led Visits
Youth visitors explore Glenstone at their own pace in groups and are encouraged to engage with Glenstone guides throughout the museum campus (in gray uniforms).
Start Times- Self-led visits are available at 10:00a.m., 12:00p.m., and 2:00p.m. each Thursday and Friday during the school year.
Virtual Engagements
Glenstone offers three, 45-minute virtual programs with interactive exercises to encourage participant engagement. Virtual visits may be scheduled Monday – Friday and are hosted on your organization's preferred video meeting platform. Small class sizes facilitate more engagement between presenters and participants, but we do not limit the group size.