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Field trips to the Morris Museum offer an in-depth study of a particular exhibition. A museum educator guides students through an exhibition while engaging them in lively discussion. All programs incorporate hands-on materials or activities.
The following Exhibition Programs are based on changing exhibitions. Dates
are indicated with each program.
October 21, 2009 – April 16, 2010
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Students will travel the world as they view over 50 photographs that examine how and where people live in Europe and Asia. During this program, discussions will focus on the elements and principles of art as well as the diverse architecture
that is found throughout the world. The program will conclude with a textile design activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1 – 1.5,
Social Studies Standards 6.3, 6.6
January 13 – April 23, 2010
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
While observing and discussing contemporary quilts, students will explore a new artistic medium — the art quilt. Artists featured in this exhibition combine
painting, printmaking and fabric dying with traditional quilt making techniques. Students will discuss the intriguing stories that each quilt communicates, as well as how quilt making has changed over time. The program will conclude with a story quilt making activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3, 1.4;
Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.4
January 27 – April 16, 2010
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA takes a look at the history of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters’ role in that flight and in the NASA safety program.
During this program students will participate in lively discussions about the objects on view and participate in a cartoon sketching activity to conclude the program.
Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3 – 3.5;
Science Standard 5.9
April 28 – June 11, 2010
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Fresh Perspectives is a juried exhibition of artwork created by outstanding high school artists in central and northern New Jersey. The artwork of these talented students is displayed in museum galleries and includes sculpture, drawings, paintings, photography and mixed media pieces. The goal of this program is to expose students to the diverse work of their peers and to exemplify how hard work and creativity can be rewarded. Students will share their interpretations of the artwork and participate in a sketching activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5;
Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.5
The following Exhibition Programs are based on permanent exhibitions and are available throughout the school year.
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
This program explores mechanical musical instruments and automata (mechanical figures) as reflections of their time through the lenses of history, art, science and technology. Discover how these inventions work (through the use of simple machines), who made them, and the role of “music on demand” before the phonograph, radio and CDs. Students will enjoy a live demonstration as they view nearly 150 machines that span over 300 years and nearly a dozen countries. This is a fun, multi-disciplinary way to investigate an important chapter in the history of entertainment. All objects are from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1 - 1.3, 1.5; Science Standards 5.1 – 5.3; Social Studies Standards 6.1, 6.3, 6.4
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
Why do plants and animals become endangered? Through this program students will increase their understanding of the earth’s biodiversity and the interdependence of all living things through food chains and habitats. Natural and human causes will be explored and students will learn that each individual has a profound effect on the environment.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 – 1.5; Science Standards 5.1, 5.5, 5.10; Social Studies Standard 6.5
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
The focus of this program is studying the earth and its largest prehistoric inhabitants. In the Rock and Mineral Gallery, students will view and handle a variety of specimens to learn about simple geological processes. A visit to the Dinosaur Gallery will allow students to learn about different dinosaurs while handling many fossils.
Science Standards 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.10
Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.4
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
Look, learn and write! Students will discover a variety of objects from the museum’s collection while learning how to describe, analyze and interpret artwork. The focus of this program is to allow students to understand and decipher various types of artwork by using the stages of art criticism. Students will select a piece of artwork that is of particular interest to them, and create a “museum label” about the piece.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5; Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.2 - 3.4
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
While interacting with a variety of artifacts, students will learn about four different geographical and cultural areas: Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest and Northwest Coast. By handling representative objects from each area, students can analyze the material, design and function of everyday and ceremonial objects from the past and present.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.5; Science Standard 5.2;
Social Studies Standards 6.2, 6.3, 6.5
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
What clues do animals leave behind? Examine deer antlers, turtle shells, owl pellets, feathers and snake shed while learning about the diversity of creatures around us. With the museum’s eight-foot grizzly bear looking down upon them, students learn about the unique characteristics of mammals, birds and reptiles. Students will explore these topics as they participate in a footprint matching game.
Science Standards 5.5, 5.10
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
While exploring the museum’s galleries, younger students will discover three different art forms and develop an awareness for art while looking for recognizable objects, shapes and colors. The program will conclude with a watercolor painting activity.
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
While traveling through the museum galleries, students will discover a variety of objects, including rocks and minerals, musical instruments and art! Students will complete a hands-on art project that relates to one of the exhibitions on view.
These programs will be presented in the museum’s Bickford Theatre and
pre-registration is required. Space is limited. A suggested resource list is provided to participating classes prior to the program.
These programs allows teachers to address the New Jersey Holocaust and Genocide curriculum, as well as to address issues of character education.
Wednesday, May 5 for Grade 6 - 8
Thursday, May 6 for Grades 6 - 8
Wednesday, May 12 for Grades 9 -12
Thursday, May 13 for Grades 6 - 8
Wednesday, May 19 for Grades 6 - 8
10:30 a.m. – noon
Program Fee: $7 per person
Middle and high school students and teachers are invited to participate in this significant program which brings participants face to face with Holocaust survivors in a compassionate and educational environment.
Barbara Wind, director of the Holocaust Council of the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest in Whippany, moderates the program and provides a brief overview of the Holocaust and its place in the history of modern day genocides. Members of the United Jewish Communities Holocaust Council Speakers Bureau then speak about their individual experiences during the Holocaust. From concentration camp survivors to hidden children, survivors give first-hand accounts of the atrocities of war that are descriptive, powerful and poignant. Students will have the opportunity to meet these living witnesses, as well as participate in a question and answer period.
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- Visit the museum with other teachers prior to your field trip to familiarize yourself with the museum and to help prepare activities. You will receive free admission if you let us know you are coming! Inquire by calling 973.971.3710.
- Plan the length of your museum visit with your students’ interest and energy levels in mind. Feel free to bring writing and reading materials for any downtime.
- Use some of our pre and post-visit suggestions to get your students excited and ready for their field trip!
- Create a K-W-L for your students, which includes what they already know about the museum, what they want to know about the museum, and what they hope to learn at the museum.
- Ask students to develop questions they have about the museum or about the specific subject matter to be discussed at the museum. Compilequestions into a class questionnaire and bring it on the trip so your museum educator can answer the questions.
- Suggest to students that they explore some grade-appropriate books, magazines or Web sites related to the subject matter of your visit.
- Visit the Morris Museum’s Web site or call the museum’s education office to get specific program details and to generate excitement. Let us know what your students are studying and how the program you select will enhance your classroom topics.
- Go back to the K-W-L chart and see what new ideas or questions were generated.
- Ask students to create a written record or journal of their experience using language and/or images.
- Construct a class mural so students can write or sketch their impressions of the visit.
- Follow up with grade-appropriate readings from books and magazines related to the subject matter of your visit.
- Create a research project for students or student groups to investigate any ideas, questions or issues that came up during the visit.
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Call the Morris Museum at 973.971.3710 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday – Friday.
Program prices are listed with each Exhibition Program and are per person, which includes teachers and chaperones. Groups must meet a 10-person minimum to receive a program. Two classroom teachers are admitted free of charge.
Museum educators are assigned to each group of 30 students or less. Larger groups will be divided.
Programs are scheduled Tuesday through Friday. The museum is closed to the public on Mondays, but the offices are open for bookings.
Programs are scheduled starting at 9:30 a.m. and run on the half hour.
The museum does not have indoor eating facilities. The picnic area at the museum is available by reservation. Please inquire when booking.
Groups that wish to browse without a museum educator are charged $5 per person. Reservations are required to receive this reduced fee.
Exhibition Programs are also offered on Saturdays by reservation only.
When making a reservation, please have the following information available:
- Date and hour of arrival
- School name, address and phone number
- School district and county
- Name of teacher(s)
- Grade level
- Number of students and adults (Please bring one chaperone for every seven students.)
- Special needs of the group
A confirmation letter that lists program specifics will be mailed to the teacher. Please review your letter carefully. A deposit of 50% is due upon receipt of this confirmation. the balance will be payable at the time of the program.
Groups should arrive promptly for programs. Please allow 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a program for disembarking from your bus and entering the building.
The museum does its best to accommodate late groups. However, when conflicts with other groups or programs arise, the museum reserves the right to adjust, change or shorten a program. All changes are discussed with visiting teachers.
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