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NCMA Virtual Field Trips for Diverse Learners
North Carolina Museum of Art virtual field-trip programs support students with disabilities and diverse learning needs through art observation, multiple-choice communication, captioning, ASL interpretation, and audio description.
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The Durham Museum Virtual Field Trips
Free, live and prerecorded museum lessons bring Omaha history, trains, pioneer life, Native American life, architecture, and family history to classrooms and homeschool groups.
KMAC Museum Virtual Field Trips
KMAC Museum’s art-focused virtual field trips combine exhibition exploration with guided questions and paper-and-pencil activities, with prerecorded and live options.
MFA Digital Learning
Family art activities, storytelling, art-making videos, and museum learning from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston for children, teens, and caregivers.
MoMu Family Visit
MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp’s family guide offers playful exhibition activities, family Sundays, children’s workshops, a Kids Corner, and online games and trails. Visitors under 18 are admitted free.
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Virtual Field Trips
PreK–12 virtual programs bring trolley history, electricity, technology, engineering, and Pennsylvania history to classrooms in 30–60 minute sessions aligned with Pennsylvania Core Standards.
H@H Kids Edition
A virtual art activity series from the Heckscher Museum of Art with educator-led videos, materials lists, key terms, and discussion questions.
PlayMMOMA
An educational online game from the Moscow Museum of Modern Art that introduces children to contemporary-art concepts, museum works, and making their own artworks.
Royal Institution Science Shows and Activities for Children
The Royal Institution’s family science page brings together spectacular science shows and activities designed to get children and families excited about science.
MoMA Family and Kids Guides
The Museum of Modern Art’s family resource page combines kids audio, an art activity guide, sensory and social guides, downloadable guides, and kid-focused gallery labels.
The Met Kids & Families
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s family hub combines #MetKids digital exploration, family guides, an audio guide for ages 6–12, and interactive museum programs for children and caregivers.
Art Kids — Philadelphia Museum of Art
Family art experiences, drop-in studio activities, tours, Little Art Kids sessions, and age-banded museum classes from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Getty If Objects Could Talk
Getty’s If Objects Could Talk is a family podcast in which art and artifacts from the Getty collection tell imaginative stories about their histories, materials, makers, and uses. Episodes include transcripts and related activities.
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