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Make the Remington part of your school year!

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.

The first step to booking a tour is to fill out the request from which you will find down at the bottom of this page. Once the request from is submitted, you will be contacted by the Museum to finalize the booking. Do not consider the tour booked until you have been contacted by the Museum.

To find out more about our program offerings and how we can tailor a visit to meet your needs, email Museum Experience Manager and Educator, Julie Pratt, or call 315-393-2425

 

School ToursPhoto of students in the Museum gallery viewing artwork and making notes

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. Photo of students in the Museum's interpretive corridorThe 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.

 

 

 

After a trip to the main Museum to view Remington’s original art,Young students wearing Western costumes playing in the children's museum 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. Kid’s Place is geared toward young learners and all displays are interactive. For all grades, this space is available for eating lunch. This works well if you want to pair a visit to the Remington with a trip to another site. The use of the space for lunch and play is free. Please let Julie know if you would like this option as part of your tour.

 

Tour fees for schools outside of the Ogdensburg city limits are $3/student. For schools inside the city limit, tours are free although 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.

  

*Please let us know before hand if your group is interested in visiting the Museum Shop as we require supervision in this case. We admit only 7 students in the shop at a time to accommodate its size.

Cost: $3.00 per student Chaperones are free. We request that there be one chaperone per 10 students

When students arrive at the Museum, they will receive a seated introduction to the history of the Museum as well as Remington's work. We then break the group up into smaller groups of 10 or so before going on the tour of our galleries and exhibits.

 

 

 

Click on the PDF icon to open up our rules and guidelines form.  We appreciate it if this list is gone over with your group before your arrival. 
 

 

School Tour Request From

Please fill out the form below to submit a request for a school tour. Once your form is reviewed you will be contacted by the Museum to confirm the booking details. You should receive a call within one week of submitting the form. Do not consider the tour booked until you have talked to the Museum and confirmed the details. Once you have spoken to the Museum you will receive a confirmation email detailing further information about your visit.

All the information on the form is kept confidential and will not be shared.

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Will you be using Kids Place? This space is available free of charge. Kids Place is our education building which is located down the block from the Museum.*
Payment: Payments can be made in person, the day of the tour. Cash, credit card or check is accepted. We can also arrange an email invoice to be sent.*
Will you be arriving on a bus? (We can accommodate busses if we know ahead of time)*
Photographs: the Museum would like your permission to take photographs of adults and students while you are visiting the Museum. These images may be used for marketing purposes only. They may be shared on social media and/or used in our marketing emails. We can also accommodate excluding certain people from pictures. Please specify "other" below and we will discuss this upon your arrival*
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