Tour Topics

Join us for tours on the following topics. Your guide will invite you to look closely at artworks and ask open-ended questions to help you make connections and engage in conversation. Tours are adapted for different age groups.

Animals in Art
Look for real and imaginary animals in works of art from around the world. Children can share what they see and know about animals and their habits. Explore how humans and animals interact, and hear stories with animals in leading roles.

Artful Stories for Preschoolers
Enjoy Mia on a virtual tour designed especially for 3- to 5-year-olds. 30- to 45-minute tours incorporate engagement with Mia artworks and illustrated storybooks. Choose one of these themes: Animals, Colors, or Shapes.

Art and Activism
Discover how art focuses on issues, communicates multiple perspectives, and asks challenging questions. Learn how artists use their voices and imagery to inspire activism and bring about social change. Examine how artists invoke empathy, which involves looking outside ourselves and trying to identify with the experiences of others.

Art and Human Connections
On this Social and Emotional Learning-inspired tour, experience diverse ways art can assist learners in developing self and social awareness skills. Artworks invite engagement centered on identifying feelings, respect for self and others, empathy, perspective taking, collaboration, and valuing diverse cultures, communities and relationships.

Art and Identity
Gain insights into the expression and impact of identity through sharing diverse perspectives while examining art. Consider how art reveals varied stories, life experiences, and memories.

Arts of the Ancient World
Unlock the mysteries of the ancient world through works of art that tell us about life in this world and the next. Compare and contrast works made in Africa, the Americas, and Asia with objects from ancient Mediterranean cultures.

Black American Arts and Artists
Using various media, artists have documented and celebrated the African American experience. Discover and explore their important contributions, from self-taught artist William Edmondson to contemporary artist Nick Cave.

Highlights of Mia’s Collection
What is a highlight? Look together at works of art and talk about how a “highlight” stands out for the way it looks, the skill it took to make it, its rarity, how much people enjoy it, or perhaps something completely different. Highlights tours also may be customized to focus on collections areas or Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS).

Native American Arts and Artists
Celebrate the rich culture and heritage of Native America as expressed in superb works of art. Experience the role of tradition and innovation in works from historic to contemporary times.