School and Youth Educators
The Museum serves as a unique space for student learning that is enriched by the ideas and experiences each student brings to their visit.
Museum as a Classroom
Extend your students’ learning beyond the classroom by visiting the Museum. The Raclin Murphy offers guided tours organized by theme and collection or tours tailored to your PK–12 curriculum. These gallery experiences are led by volunteer educators (docents) and museum staff. The Raclin Murphy also welcomes you to structure your own exploration of the Museum with a self-guided visit.
Please complete the request form for your guided or self-guided visit at least two weeks in advance. Visits to the Museum are always free. A bus fund is available upon request to partially offset transportation costs.
Educator Resources
The Museum is a resource for your teaching goals and interests. Sign up for our teacher newsletter, contact a museum educator about designing a workshop, download collection-based educational materials, or browse our online collection platform to inspire your own lesson planning.
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Workshops
The Museum offers free professional development and programming opportunities for educators. Topics include art-making techniques, arts integration strategies, social-emotional learning, and teacher wellness practices. These can be customized to support your teaching faculty’s interests. Contact schprogs@nd.edu to schedule.
Teacher Resource Hub
The Teacher Resource Hub compiles artwork-inspired educational materials to support classroom instruction across content areas. Download the activities, worksheets, and lesson plans below to integrate visual literacy as a scaffold for learning objectives.
- High School French Revolution Worksheets
- Mesoamerican Ballgame Virtual Tour
- Mesoamerican Animal Virtual Tour
- Scavenger Hunt Research Activity
- Science and Art Sculpture Park Lesson Plans
- Illustrated Guide to the Elements of Art
Marble
Browse the Museum’s collection online via Marble (Museums, Archives, Rare Books, and Libraries Exploration). On this site you can search the collection for inspiration, create your own selection of visual resources for use in lessons, teach your students best research practices, and much more.