On Site Field Trips

• African Adventure
  Explore art and objects in the African collection as students learn about community, culture, and traditions through hands-on activities and storytelling.
• ArtSmart
  This program helps children discover line, shape, color, and texture in paintings and sculptures from around the world. Students become artists as they participate in a group sculpture activity, storytelling and creating artwork from scratch to take home.
• Discovering the Five Senses
  Discover the five senses through an exploration of the Asian art galleries. Students will also participate in hands-on gallery activities and group discussions to connect what they experience at the Museum to their own lives.
• My Community: Discovering What Makes a Community
  What are the elements that make communities special and how do they differ around the world? Students will draw, write, and read about communities found in their own backyard and in the Museum’s collections from around the world.
• Native American Adventure
  Visit our Native Artists of North America galleries and learn how Native Americans used natural resources for food, clothing, and shelter. Children can touch artifacts, including a buffalo horn and a cradle, listen to a Native American story, and decorate a traditional carry-bag called a parfleche with pictographs.

• Animals and Habitats
  Students will learn about a variety of animals and how they survive in different environments through looking activities, hands-on learning, and kinetic experiences.
• Stop-Motion Animation
  Students will tour the galleries, view artful approaches to the personification of objects, study emotive uses of color, and experience storytelling with symbolism to find subjects and scenes to develop into personal stories. Then, using tablets, students will capture, edit, and share their own Museum-inspired motion pictures.
• Movement and Motion
  Students will explore kinetic artworks and learn how artists use movement and motion in their work. Students will identify various forms of movement, including push/pull and speed/direction, through observation and discussion, kinesthetic learning, and hands-on activities.
• Safari Trip
  Embark on a group safari as you tour a variety of the Museum’s art galleries to hunt for different species of animals. Touch real animal artifacts, listen to an animal tale, and create an animal from modeling clay to take home.
• Physics Fun!
  From gravity and pressure to inertia and kinetic energy, physics is a part of everyday life.  Explore the forces that rule our day-to-day existence through hands-on activities that will challenge students to recreate Galileo’s experiments, create human gyroscopes, and even defy gravity!

• One World, One Sky
  Sesame Street’s Big Bird, Elmo, and Hu Hu Zhu learn about the Sun, the Moon, and the stars and constellations of the nighttime sky.
• The Zula Patrol—Under the Weather
  The heroes of the Zula Patrol are on a mission to collect samples of weather for scientist Multo’s research. Along the way, the team learns all about weather on Zula and on other planets.
• The Zula Patrol 2—Down to Earth
  The Zula Patrol finds that someone has been traveling back to Earth’s prehistoric past to dump toxic trash! On their mission, the Zula Patrollers learn all about the formation and development of Earth but must find and catch the culprit before it’s too late!
• Beyond the Sun   
  While Celeste is fighting off sleep in her room, she receives an unexpected visit from Moon. Together, they travel through the universe to discover rogue planets, oceanic worlds, super-Earths and how these exoplanets can be detected.
• Lucia, The Secret of Shooting Stars
  Vladimir and James travel into space aboard the Polaris to study polar auroras. Hit by a meteor, they crash and meet Lucia who is passionate about meteorites. Journey with them to the Moon, the asteroid belt, and a comet to solve the mystery of the “stones of light.”
• Perfect Little Planet
  Imagine the ultimate space vacation. Explore our solar system through the eyes of a family from another star system. Join them on their journey as they fly over the surface of Pluto, sail through the rings of Saturn, and walk on the surface of Mars.

• Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean
  Students become archaeologists as they observe artifacts in the Ancient Mediterranean galleries to discover what life was like in ancient Egypt or ancient Greece and Rome. Students also create a clay scarab (Egypt) or sculpture (Greece and Rome) in our art studio.
• Building Bridges: Exploring Communities Around the World
  Take a trip through the Museum’s vast collection of art from around the world and explore diverse cultures and their similarities while learning respect for the identity of others on an individual, community, national, or global level.
• Early America
  Students will be transported to the 18th and 19th centuries upon entering the Museum’s authentic one-room schoolhouse (ca. 1784) and by studying artworks in the American Art galleries. Students will also write with quill pens during an 18th-century penmanship lesson.
• Express Yourself: Exploring the World through Art
  These hands-on, minds-on gallery workshops are designed to heighten observation and critical-thinking skills by focusing on aesthetics and critique. Presentations include cross-curricular activities that combine language arts literacy, social studies, and visual arts to develop skills in line with the NJ ASK and GEPA tests.
• Native Artists of North America
  Compare and contrast traditional and modern ways of life through the tools, baskets, pottery, and clothing produced by Native Americans. Using inquiry-based learning, students will learn how contemporary Native artists use traditional techniques and designs in their work. Students will also create clay bowls in the style used by the Hopi people of the Southwest.
• American Stories
  Explore the many voices and perspectives reflected in American Art. These hands-on, minds-on gallery workshops are designed to heighten observation and critical-thinking skills by focusing on aesthetics and critique. Topics include: The Civil War, Slavery, The Abolitionist Movement, Hispanic Heritage, Native American Heritage, African American History, Womens History, Autism Awareness, and AAPI Heritage
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• Seeing America: Life, Liberty, and Legacy
  Explore and think critically about Abolitionism, one of the most significant social movements in American history.
• Who Done it?                                                                                                                              Step into the world of the Ballantine family’s historic home in “Who Done It” and uncover mysteries of the past through an immersive mystery game. Explore Victorian-era technology and societal norms while discovering intriguing facts about the residence and its inhabitants.

• Water, Water Everywhere!  Using scientific investigation and experiments, students discover the properties of water and nature’s water cycle. They’ll then examine and sketch water through artists’ eyes in the Museum’s American Art galleries.
• Stop-Motion Animation  Students will tour the galleries, view artful approaches to the personification of objects, study emotive uses of color, and experience storytelling with symbolism to find subjects and scenes to develop into personal stories. Then, using tablets, students will capture, edit, and share their Museum-inspired motion pictures.
• Animal Kingdom (natural selection and adaptations focus)
  Earth is home to an astounding variety of plants and animals. Investigate the adaptations of land, sea, and air animals to discover why certain animals can live in their chosen habitats and others can’t. Explore how a changing environment affects these animals and what we can do to help.

• Physics Fun!
  From gravity and pressure to inertia and kinetic energy, physics is a part of everyday life.  Explore the forces that rule our day-to-day existence through hands-on activities that will challenge students to recreate Galileo’s experiments, create human gyroscopes, and even defy gravity!

• Perfect Little Planet
  Imagine the ultimate space vacation. Explore our solar system through the eyes of a family from another star system. Join them on their journey as they fly over the surface of Pluto, sail through the rings of Saturn and walk on the surface of Mars!
•  Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
  A brother and sister make a rocket ship out of a cardboard box and set off on a whirlwind tour of the planets—from sizzling-hot Mercury to icy Pluto.
• SkyQuest
  Come along with a young astronomer on her personal quest to find a special place in the night sky. She shares her telescope views of the Moon and planets and points out stars and constellations.
• Legends of the Night Sky
  Take an imaginative look at the stories and legends of Greek mythology. Choose between the tales of the hero Perseus and Princess Andromeda or the great hunter Orion.
• Beyond the Sun   While Celeste is fighting off sleep in her room, she receives an unexpected visit from Moon. Together, they travel through the universe to discover rogue planets, oceanic worlds, super-Earths and how these exoplanets can be detected.
• Lucia, The Secret of Shooting Stars Vladimir and James travel into space aboard the Polaris to study polar auroras. Hit by a meteor, they crash and meet Lucia who is passionate about meteorites. Journey with them to the Moon, the asteroid belt, and a comet to solve the mystery of the “stones of light.”

• Perfect Little Planet Imagine the ultimate space vacation. Explore our solar system through the eyes of a family from another star system. Join them on their journey as they fly over the surface of Pluto, sail through the rings of Saturn, and walk on the surface of Mars.

• Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean
  Students become archaeologists as they observe artifacts in the newly designed Ancient Mediterranean galleries to discover what life was like in ancient Egypt or ancient Greece and Rome. Students also create a clay scarab (Egypt) or sculpture (Greece and Rome) in our art studio.
• Express Yourself: Exploring the World through Art
  Hands-on, minds-on gallery workshops are designed to heighten observation and critical-thinking skills by focusing on aesthetics and critique. Presentations include cross-curricular activities that combine language arts literacy, social studies, and visual arts to develop skills in line with the NJ ASK and GEPA tests.
• American Stories
  Explore the many voices and perspectives reflected in American Art. These hands-on, minds-on gallery workshops are designed to heighten observation and critical-thinking skills by focusing on aesthetics and critique. Topics include: The Civil War, Slavery, The Abolitionist Movement, Hispanic Heritage, Native American Heritage, African American History, Womens History, Autism Awareness, and AAPI Heritage
  View the Lesson Plan Preview
• Seeing America: Life, Liberty, and Legacy
  Explore and think critically about Abolitionism, one of the most significant social movements in American history
• Made in Newark                                                                                                                           Join us for an exploration of Newark’s rich history in “Made in Newark.” Discover the secrets of a magnificent Victorian house and learn about the city’s vibrant past, including its contributions to manufacturing. Explore the factors that shaped Newark, from immigration to the Industrial Revolution.
• Studio Sessions 
  Channel your inner artist and get inspiration from the Museum collection. Then do a deep dive into a particular art medium, led by a teaching artist. Topics include: ceramics, mixed media arts, fiber arts, drawing, and photography.

• Water, Water Everywhere!
  Using scientific investigation and experiments, students discover the properties of water and nature’s water cycle. They’ll then examine and sketch water through artists’ eyes in the Museum’s American Art galleries.
• Stop-Motion Animation
  Students will tour the galleries, view artful approaches to the personification of objects, study emotive uses of color, and experience storytelling with symbolism to find subjects and scenes to develop into personal stories. Then, using tablets, students will capture, edit, and share their Museum-inspired motion pictures.
• Animal Kingdom (natural selection and adaptations focus)
  Earth is home to an astounding variety of plants and animals. Investigate the biology and adaptations of land, sea, and air animals to discover the symbiotic relationships between animals and their habitats. Explore how a changing environment affects these relationships and what we can do to help.

• Physics Fun!  From gravity and pressure to inertia and kinetic energy, physics is a part of everyday life.  Explore the forces that rule our day-to-day existence through hands-on activities that will challenge students to recreate Galileo’s experiments, create human gyroscopes, and even defy gravity!

• Tales of the Maya Skies
  This is an immersive experience in Maya science, art, and mythology that transports participants back into the world of the Maya. Learn about the Mayas’ accurate astronomical achievements and how astronomy connected them to the universe.
• Extreme Planets
  Explore the extreme planets of our own solar system and beyond. Discover worlds with oceans of molten rock, where night never falls, and where aurorae perpetually dance across the starry sky.
• Black Holes
  They lurk in the universe like cosmic dragons: unseen voids with the energy of a million suns. They can devour entire stars and nothing—not even light—can escape their grasp. Discover their true nature as you experience an intense voyage to a black hole!
• Seven Wonders
  Earth was once home to seven amazing wonders built by extraordinary civilizations in our distant past. Inspired by these mysteries, voyage through time and space to discover the ancient wonders of our universe.
• Stars of the Pharaohs
  Travel through ancient temples and tombs to discover the skies of Egypt long past and the connection the ancient Egyptians felt with the stars. Enjoy some of the most spectacular sites of the ancient world.

Due to space limitations, at least one month’s advance registration is required for all school groups.

Fill out the registration form to book a field trip.

You may also email schoolgroupreservations@newarkmuseumart.org to register.

Information required for booking:

1. First, second, and third choices for date and time of visit
2. School name, address, and phone number
3. Teacher’s name, phone number, and best time to phone
4. Program(s) you wish to schedule
5. Number of students
6. Grade(s)

Prior to your trip, please review the following to ensure a successful visit for students, adults, chaperones, and aides:

• Touching or climbing on the artwork/sculptures in the galleries is not allowed.

• All bags and backpacks must be left in the Education Lobby.
• Food, drinks, candy, and gum are not allowed in the galleries.
• Respect other classes visiting the Museum by using a quiet inside voice.
• Groups must remain together in the gallery space—adults and children alike.
• Be prepared to have fun!

Groups are not allowed to tour the exhibitions without a Museum staff member. All self-guided tours must be done after 12:30pm on Thursdays and Fridays.

Please contact the School Programs department ahead of time (973-596-6690) if your group requires any special accommodations.

There is a small gift shop located in the Museum’s Education Lobby featuring inexpensive souvenirs and gifts. Please estimate a 30-minute visit for 20 children. Prepackaged souvenir bags ($5) are also available and must be ordered 21 days in advance by calling 973-596-6678.

The Newark Museum requires all group cancellations to be completed in writing via email. Should your group need to cancel or reschedule a trip, you must send an email to schoolgroupreservations@newarkmuseumart.org at least 30 days BEFORE the scheduled date to avoid a cancellation fee. Upon receipt, an email will be sent to you verifying cancellation.

Any group that does not send a cancellation email within 30 days of the scheduled trip date will incur a cancellation fee as detailed below:

• Groups canceling or rescheduling within 30 days of a scheduled visit will be charged 50% of the total bill.
• Those canceling or rescheduling within 15 days of a scheduled visit will be charged the FULL amount invoiced.

Cancellation Policy for Newark Schools

While field trips are free for Newark Schools, the above policy and fees will be applied to all group cancellations. An invoice will be processed using the regular fees for Museum visits, and the cancellation fee will be applied accordingly. The booking fee is not refundable.

For further questions, please contact: schoolgroupreservations@newarkmuseumart.org.