School Visits
Expand your classroom learning at Glenstone.
Glenstone Visit Types
We provide three types of visits for middle school and high school students 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. Reservations for the 2025 – 2026 school year open on Monday, August 25, 2025.
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
Educators may visit ahead of your school trip to prepare utilizing guaranteed entry.
Share School Visit at Glenstone video (01:07) with your students to set expectations
Share What is Glenstone video (10:00) with your students 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.
Guided Engagements
2025-2026 School Year Reservations Open Monday, August 25 at 10:00 a.m.
Glenstone provides five guided paths to choose from for your visit. All paths are designed to meet Maryland Visual Art State Standards or Next Generation Science Standards to enable stronger connections to the current state-wide curriculum.
To encourage student engagement, Glenstone’s knowledge guides use artful thinking routines modeled on Project Zero strategies from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
9:00 a.m. Start – One guided engagement is offered from 9: 00a.m. - 11:30a.m. each Thursday and Friday during the school year.
4-5 Artworks – Number of Glenstone collection pieces students will engage with during their guided visit.
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
Students explore Glenstone at their own pace 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 Visits
Glenstone offers three, 45-minute virtual programs with interactive exercises to encourage student engagement. Virtual visits may be scheduled Monday – Friday and are hosted on your school’s preferred video meeting platform. Small class sizes facilitate more engagement between presenters and students, but we do not limit the group size.