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Screenshot of NCMA Virtual Field Trips for Diverse Learners
88/100 · ages 5–18

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.

WebsiteAccessible learningArt observation
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Screenshot of KMAC Museum Virtual Field Trips

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.

WebsiteContemporary artGuided activities
6–18 · Free for students; live options may be paid85
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Look Closer Museum

A virtual museum for families that guides children through artworks, rooms, details, and looking exercises designed to build careful observation.

WebsiteArt observationGuided looking
6–14 · Free83
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Children’s Museum Houston Count Me In Activities

A math activity collection from Children’s Museum Houston with printable games about money, fractions, strategy, patterns, logic, conjecture, and estimation in English and Spanish.

WebsiteFractionsLogic
6–12 · Free86
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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.

WebsiteArt activitiesArt videos
4–18 · Free with paid options84
Screenshot of The Durham Museum Virtual Field Trips

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.

WebsiteLocal historyNative American history
5–14 · Free88
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Arizona Museum of Natural History Virtual Museum

A self-guided virtual paleontology museum with an immersive 360 tour, scavenger hunt videos, teacher background information, lesson plans, and worksheets.

WebsiteLesson plansPaleontology
8–14 · Free for schools while grant funded87
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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.

WebsiteArt activitiesMuseum learning
4–12 · Free83
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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.

WebsiteDesktop appArt conceptsContemporary art
6+ · Free80
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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.

WebsiteExperimentsFamily activities
6–14 · Free with paid options90
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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.

WebsitePhysical placeAccessibilityArt activities
0–18 · Free for visitors under 18; adult admission applies88
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Q?rius

An interactive Smithsonian learning space and online collection where children can explore 6,000 objects, try activities, solve science puzzles, and meet experts.

WebsiteCollectionsInteractive exploration
8–18 · Free87
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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.

WebsiteDownloadableYouTube channelArt activitiesAudio learning
4–12 · Free online with paid museum options89
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