Plan an experience with the Nasher and find tools to create connections between students and sculpture. Student tours at the Nasher are FREE when booked in advance.
Request an In-Person Tour
Reservations for the upcoming school year will open September 1. Please review availability and rules before booking an in-person field trip.
Available Wednesdays at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. and Thursdays at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 12 p.m.
Maximum group size is 60 students. Must be booked at least three weeks in advance. FREE admission with advance reservation. Tours are approximately one hour in length.
Guided Tour Policy Guide (PDF)
*In-Person Field Trip availability is subject to change based on current health and safety conditions.
Available Wednesday through Sunday during normal museum hours.
Maximum group size is 45 students for elementary school and 60 students for middle and high school. Must be booked at least three weeks in advance. FREE admission with advance reservation.
Self-Guided Visit Policy Guide (PDF)
Request a Virtual Field Trip
Available on Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Learn More (PDF)
Find resources that relate to artworks and exhibitions currently on view at the Nasher in the Now On View section.
Learn More
Share these playful resources with your students before your visit to help them understand how they can help protect the art at the Nasher.
Video: Teach Your Grown-Up to Behave in a MuseumVideo: Protecting Artworks with Conservator Claire Taggart
Coloring Page: Be a Museum Hero
Find prepared sub lessons for elementary and secondary learners that connect with classroom curriculum.
Explore
Discover interactive projects and lessons about artworks in the Nasher Collection, Methods and Materials, Careers in the Arts and more. Now featuring resources in Spanish.
Architecture Resource- Intermediate Level Information, questions and activities to introduce intermediate and secondary students to the architecture of the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Architecture Resource - Advanced Level Detailed information about the architecture of the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Video: Nasher Sculpture Center - The Building's Material
English Español
These cards were developed with guidance from our Teacher Advisory Board to be used while visiting the museum. On each card, you will find information about a work of art in the museum’s collection and possible activities, which can be completed in the museum, the classroom or at home.
We will begin taking applications for the upcoming school year on September 1.
K-12 teachers who have scheduled a guided tour or self-guided visit of the Nasher Sculpture Center may apply for up to $250 in funding to offset the cost of transportation to the Nasher Sculpture Center. Visits must be booked at least three weeks in advance.
Once your funding request has been approved, order your buses as you normally would and email a copy of the invoice to the Nasher Sculpture Center. Upon completion of your museum visit, the Nasher Sculpture Center will submit reimbursement to the entity named in the form below. The Nasher Sculpture Center will reimburse the school or educational entity for up to $250 but will not directly pay transportation or charter companies.
Please contact Lynda Wilbur at [email protected] or 214.242.5184 if you have questions about your eligibility or the funding process.
Transportation scholarships are made possible by the generous support of donations made in memory of Tom Jungerberg.
Nasher Education programming is made possible through leading support from the Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, and, in part, by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the generosity of our Members and donors.