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Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts (click for website)
Samantha Kelly, Education Director
2000 Eighth Avenue, N
Birmingham, AL 35203
205/254-2571

The Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts offers several education programs for area schools. Start with Art is designed to strengthen creative problem solving, analytical and collaborative skills while raising elementary student test scores in social studies, science and math. Beginning with the basic curriculum in Social Studies and working with educators, the Museum designed a program integrating visual art in the permanent collection with both literature and social studies. The program incorporates an interdisciplinary tour and a hands-on studio component. Other programs include school tours, teacher workshops, student exhibits and resource packets of audio-visual and hands-on resources for use in the classroom. For additional information contact the education director.

Huntsville Museum of Fine Arts (click for website)
Deborah Taylor, Education Director
300 Church Street S
Huntsville, AL 35801
256/535-4350

The Huntsville Museum of Art offers several educational programs for schools in the Madison County area. These programs include docent led tours, outreach presentations in the classroom by trained docents and an education resource center. Additionally the museum curates two educational exhibits each year. Celebrations focuses on cultures and traditions of a specific country through objects lent by members of the community. Study guides are provided. The exhibition opens with a Festival Day that celebrates the country with dancing, storytelling, costumes, art projects and a light sampling of food from that country.

The second exhibit of student work from surrounding schools is held in March during Youth Art Month.

Mobile Museum of Fine Arts
Diane Waites, Education Director
4850 Museum Drive
Mobile, AL 36689
334/343-2667

At the Mobile Museum of Fine Arts, a wide range of art media and subjects are available for students in K-12. Throughout the year, guided class tours with themes selected from the museum's list or from class curriculum studies are available. Teachers may request an accompanying art activity appropriate to the selected tour for their students. In addition, the museum has several traveling trunks available for checkout. The African Trunk, the Native American Trunk and the Preschool Trunk include books, slides, lesson plans, clothing samples, art works or objects, musical instruments and activities for an entire week. The museum also offers teacher training workshops during the school year.

Wiregrass Museum of Fine Arts
Education Department
P.O. Box 1624
Dothan, AL 36302
334/794-3871

The Wiregrass Museum of Fine Arts offers tours to students in grades K-12 .Tours are scheduled daily Tuesday through Friday throughout the school year. Tours are guided by trained docents. An art lesson, a gallery talk and a visit to ARTventures, the hands on gallery, are included in the hour long tour. Contact the Tour Coordinator for additional information.

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