What to Expect
The standard field trip experience requires approximately 2-1/2 hours and features a welcome (10 minutes), a tour of the historic Griswold House (30 minutes), a tour/learning-to-look game in the Krieble Gallery (30 minutes), and a hands-on painting project (60 minutes), travel time (10 minutes), and clean-up (10 minutes).
Your class will be divided into four smaller touring groups and rotate between the activities. Please consider how to divide groups up evenly before arriving.
The Museum will modify the schedule in the case of a late arrival.
Your
group should telephone the Museum if they are expecting to be 10 minutes or more late. The main telephone number is (860) 434-5542, ext. 111. The phone number of the Hartman Education Center (where the tour guides will meet you) is (860) 434-5542, ext. 123.
“Our 3rd grade class dubbed it the ‘Best Field Trip’ of the year.”
~ Elementary School Teacher
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Things to Review with Your Students
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Please review with your students that food, drink, chewing gum, ink pens,
cameras, cell phones, cell phones used as cameras, and water bottles are not
allowed in the Museum.
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Remind your students that not to touch any of the paintings, furniture or
sculptures on view. Please explain that even the cleanest hands leave
fingerprints that are filled with salts, oils, and acids that are damaging
to works of art over time.
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While at the Museum students should extend all courtesies of the classroom.
Common sense rules such as talking only one at a time, raising hands to be
called upon, and using indoor voices are all appropriate behavior when
touring the Museum.
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You might want to brainstorm about appropriate behavior when visiting a
museum. Often, students have great ideas about how to best enjoy their
visit.
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Remind students that photography in the gallery and historic house is not
permitted, but they might want a camera to capture the beauty of the gardens
and river. Teachers may take photographs of the tour in action for
documentation, but not individual works of art (even without a flash).
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Divide your class into the number of equal-sized groups outlined
on the confirmation form with at least one adult accompanying
each group of students. Having the students wear nametags is ideal.
This allows the educators to call on them by name.
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There are several pre-visit activities available on this site. For
starters, reading the "History of Miss Florence and the Artists of Old Lyme"
to your class followed by a discussion using the Think Fast Questions will
prepare your students for the experience.
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