The University of Mississippi Museum & Historic Houses

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Bring Your Class to the Museum


Schedule your class for a tour of the exhibits

Customized for your grade level

Bring your class for a tour and activity at the University Museum
and discover the upcoming exhibitions for Spring 2019.

In addition to the permanent collections on display of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 19th Century Scientific Instruments, Theora Hamblett Paintings and American Art, the Museum will feature several new free special exhibitions this spring.

The Museum Education Staff will be happy to work with you to create a tour that provides a meaningful experience and matches with your curriculum frameworks.

Follow your museum visit with an art activity in the museum classroom, led by our education staff (cost: $1 per student), available for grades K-6 for groups of 30 or less. Activities for grades 7-12 can be customized through consultation with our Curator of Education. Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance. Further activities can be coordinated with the loan of a free Traveling Trunk from the Museum.

The University of Mississippi Museum is located at the corner of University Avenue and 5th Street in Oxford and is open from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday.

To get started, complete a tour request today!

Tour Request

 

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Art Zone class schedule • Fall 2011

Register your child(ren) for a fun-filled session of gift-making and art activities for kids ages 5-12. Reservations are required. Each week children will learn a new way to make art pertaining to exhibits at the museum.
Also, every other week children will learn how to make creative, healthy snacks! Fifteen children per class.

COST: $50 (semester fee) per family for Museum Members at Family level and above
$130 (semester fee) per family for non-members


Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
13 weeks | Aug. 30 – Dec. 1

The University of Mississippi Museum 

John Alexander: Animal as Self Portrait

Children will create a self-portrait of themselves as animals inspired by John Alexander’s Sasquatch painting and write about why they picked that animal.

Egyptian art

Students will make a cartouch by carving hieroglyphs into plaster.

Ethnographic Exhibit: African instruments

Learn about different African instruments and make your own drum!

Baileys woods

Collect leaves and learn how to compose colorful leaf rubbings.

Walter Anderson: Pen and Ink

Explore the Walter Anderson Exhibit and learn how to use
Ink and quill pens to make drawings of the natural world.

Walter Anderson: Patterns

Learn about the Patterns and Rhythms in his motifs.
Make your own print block on a fabric wall hanging.

Walter Anderson: Illustrations

Read the Robinson cat story and illustrate a story based in the style of Walter Anderson. Children will visit the J.D. Williams Library to see more of Walter Anderson’s illustrations.

Greek mosaic

Study the mosaics in our Greek collection of the floors from
houses in the city-state of Olynthus, make your own mosaic
with plaster and remnant tiles.

Faulkner’s Geographies

Document your own Oxford story as you ride the
Double Decker bus around town.

Halloween week

Write a ghost story at Walton Young House around Halloween. Make Halloween decorations.

Vegetable printing

Farmers will talk about growing food and children
will learn how to make prints with vegetables.

Folk Art

Students will study Hex signs from the Pennsylvania
Dutch Country and design their own.

Japanese printing

Learn how to do fish printing and make fish wind socks.

REGISTER TODAY!

  • Complete and return the registration form (available at the Museum or download here) and pay a registration fee by cash or check.
  • Registration deadline is August 15th
  • You will receive a confirmation by email

Questions? Contact Sarah Story at 662.915.7205 or sestory@olemiss.edu.