BOOK A VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON SCHOOL TOUR

Programs for Teachers and Students

A virtual or in-person field trip to Hill-Stead Museum can make lessons on art, history, language arts, women’s history, agriculture and farming come alive!

• For a list of virtual or in-person school groups tours offered, see Field Trips.
• For scheduling and pricing, see Scheduling, Pricing & Logistics for Educators.
• Hill-Stead hosts the Fresh Voices Poetry Competition, an annual poetry competition for high school students.  For more information, email education@hillstead.org
• For FREE online resources and more learning opportunities, please see Learning at Hill-Stead

Helpful Links for Educators

• CT State Department of Education:  Common Core State Standards
• CT State Department of Education:  Visual Arts: CSDE Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Publications
• Hill-Stead Museum is proud to support Hartford Performs, the arts education collaborative network serving Hartford Public Schools system. Please see the Hartford Performs website for more information. Hartford Performs mission is “to ensure that all Hartford Public School students have access to quality arts education delivered by in-school teaching staff in partnership with the City’s vibrant arts community.”
• Visual Thinking Strategies
• Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
• Musée d’Orsay

“The tour and the activity were both fantastic!”
– Vicky Norlund, Rockville High School

[Our] Professional Development day was well organized, informative and motivating…Teachers were given information, lesson plan ideas and tours of the museum. It was an excellent way to begin the year. We have visited other museums for our professional development days, but the Hill­Stead was definitely one of the best…It addressed the concerns specific to the Visual Arts teachers, provided ways to integrate othere subjects and gave teachers time to do their own hands-on activity.

– Pasqua L. Guzzi, Manchester Public Schools

“Excellent!  I’ve been here many times and I always learn so much and new information, as well.  Everyone was friendly, kind and welcoming and asked wonderful questions that engaged the students.”

– Suzanne Kent, East Hartford High School