Self-Guided Tours

School groups wishing to schedule a tour of the museum without a Snite Museum docent are welcome, but tours must be pre-arranged by calling 631- 3093. Prearranging tours takes into consideration how many university classes and community tours are in the galleries.

Group size: Minimum of 10, maximum of 60. One chaperone per 10 students. The total number of students in the museum at one time is limited to 60.

Length of tour: 45 minutes - elementary age children; older students and adults -60 minutes.

Self guided tours are scheduled after 12 noon until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday — Friday.

Precolumbian ballgame comes alive on the kiosk located in the gallery.

Children's "Sculpture to Go" Guide Available

Curator of Education, Public Programs, Jackie Welsh announces a new tool for families with young children who are interested in exploring sculpture. The guide is called Sculpture to Go, which Welsh wrote in collaboration with Greg Anderson, second-year graduate student in the Department of Graphic Design.

This interactive guide for a walk through the Museum looks at seven sculptures by American artists. Beginning and ending withthe large abstract sculpture outside the entrance, Griffon, the sculptures were selected because they move–or look as though they might move, which is more intriguing to children

The guide is packed inside a “to go” box filled with examples of objects related to the sculptures–including geometric and organic shapes, small additive and subtractive sculptures, instructions for making a mobile, and supplies for drawing in the gallery.

Although written for lower elementary students, the guide is suitable, with adult assistance, for younger children; it has been tested and approved by discriminating youngsters. Families are encouraged to ask for Sculpture to Go at the visitor information table near the front entrance.

Sculpture To Go Guide

Helpful hints:

• Divide your group in advance to 10 or fewer students who will move about the museum with their chaperone. Chaperones are in charge of keeping the group together and preventing students from running, engaging in horseplay, leaning or bumping into the walls or display cases, or touching the works of art. Please follow the instructions of the security staff.
• The cloakroom is just inside the front door. Coats, backpacks, lunches, large bags (including purses over 11 x 15 in size, umbrellas, etc., should be stored in this area. You may wear your coat in the Museum, but please refrain from tying it around your waist or shoulders. Restrooms are located on the lower level.
• If you plan to bring sketchbooks or worksheets, remember that only pencils are allowed in the galleries.
• No photography, food, drink or gum is allowed inside the Museum.
• Please help take care of the works of art by not touching and by standing three feet away from paintings and sculptures.
• Please keep the sound of your voices down in the galleries so that you do not distrub other museum visitors.
• Please respect the other students touring the galleries. Docent-guided, tours have priority use of the galleries. Please wait until the docent-lead group leaves the gallery before your group enters it.
• Park in the visitor lot off Notre Dame Avenue, near the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts. Stop by the Museum's front entrance security desk to ask for a parking pass to exit the lot free of charge.