The Frederic Remington Art Museum is committed to working collaboratively with schools and teachers to provide high-quality, transformative art museum experiences for your students. We are eager to relate the work of Frederic Remington to your curriculum and to your students’ lives and experiences, so that they can consider how art can help them learn about the world and about themselves. Email Museum Experience Manager, Julie Pratt, or call 315-393-2425 to find out more about our program offerings and how we can tailor a visit to meet your needs.

School Tours

The Remington Museum’s guided tours are designed to provide a rich educational experience that expands students’ awareness of the arts and visual culture, and strengthens their ability to look closely, think critically about works of art, and formulate interpretations based upon what they see and learn. Museum educators engage students in lively, inquiry-based conversations that strengthen curriculum connections and encourage skills like critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning. Whatever your class subject, your visit can be designed to meet your learning objectives and classroom needs.

Please allow 60-90 minutes for your tour. The Museum can accommodate roughly 40 students in one visit. If possible, nametags (first names only) make for easier discussion. One chaperone or teacher is required for every ten students. Chaperones and teachers are asked to help monitor behavior, since it is difficult for our docents to do so. Please note that appointments are required for all school groups visiting the Museum.

For all grades, space is available in our Education Center classroom for guided art activities, as well as for eating lunch. This works well if you want to pair a visit to the Remington with a trip to another site.

After a trip to the main Museum to view Remington’s original art, teachers with younger students can head to our children’s museum, Kid’s Place, for free play and exploration time and to solidify their learning experience with a guided art activity. Kid’s Place is geared toward young learners and all displays are interactive.

Tour fees for schools outside of the Ogdensburg city limits are $3/student. For schools inside the city limit, a $10 suggested donation is encouraged for your visit. With all schools, there may be a materials charge for art supplies for special activities. 

The Remington Museum also displays contemporary art work in five yearly shows: the Elementary Art Exhibit, the Middle School/High School Art Exhibit, the Members’ Juried Art Show, the College Juried Art Exhibit, and, on a biennial basis, the International or the NYS  Juried Art Show. Call us or check online to see what shows we currently have on display. We’d be delighted to design tours and activities in conjunction with these exhibitions.