School Visits & Programs
The Broad offers a range of free programs for grades 3 through 12, each designed to get students looking closely, thinking critically, and connecting art to their own lives. Bus scholarships are available for eligible schools, so cost doesn't have to stand in the way.
Self-Guided School Visits
Explore The Broad at Your Own Pace
Free museum admission with expedited entry and optional classroom resources. Groups receive a brief welcome from our Visitor Experience team, and teachers can incorporate our learning modules, including a pre-visit video and activity, onsite worksheets, and a post-visit activity.
- Free for grades 3 through 12
- Bus scholarships available for eligible schools
- Available during public museum hours
- Includes access to the collection galleries
- Does not include paid or special exhibitions, or Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013)
- One chaperone required per 10 students; chaperones must stay with students at all times
sister dreamer and The Broad: Our Block, Our Stories
Explore a New Landmark and Share Your Story
Our Block, Our Stories is a multi-site field trip connecting the newly opened sister dreamer sculpture park in South Los Angeles with The Broad. The program begins at sister dreamer, Lauren Halsey's large-scale public art installation, where students spend about an hour reflecting on their own identities, neighborhoods, and communities through writing, discussion, and close observation. Students then travel by provided bus to The Broad, where they continue in the galleries with onsite worksheets that support observation, reflection, and conversation. A pre-visit video and classroom activity prepare students ahead of time, and a post-visit activity extends the learning back in the classroom. View the module
- Grades 3 through 12
- Bus scholarships available
- Available Wednesdays and Fridays, September 16 through December 11, 2026
- Program launches Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Sessions run 9:30–10:30 a.m. at sister dreamer, followed by transportation to The Broad
Art + Story and Art & Rhyme
Art, Conversation, and Creative Thinking in the Galleries
Facilitated, 90-minute in-gallery programs led by The Broad's Visitor Experience team. Using Visual Thinking Strategies, students closely observe artworks from the collection, share their ideas, and build meaning through guided discussion. Sessions connect the themes in the artwork to students' own lives and invite them to respond creatively through storytelling or poetry, fostering confidence, self-expression, and a sense of belonging in the museum.
Program dates: January through May
Registration opens early December
Free of cost, with bus scholarships available
Art+Story invites students in grades 3–6 to write original stories inspired by artworks in the collection.
Art+Rhyme invites students in grades 7–12 to explore poetry as a way to reflect on art and issues relevant to their lives in Los Angeles.
Email schoolvisits@thebroad.org for more information.
Teacher Resources and Activities
Our Block, Our Stories
Our Block, Our Stories invites students to connect contemporary art to their own lives by exploring how artists draw inspiration from place, community, and personal experience. Through classroom and gallery activities, students reflect on their own stories and discover new ways to express them through art.
Materials available in English and Spanish.
Robert Therrien Educational Module
More than just the giant table and chairs, Robert Therrien asks what does it mean to see the world made strange.
This educational module is designed for grades 6–12, with flexibility for younger students, and includes a pre-visit lesson, an on-site worksheet to guide students through the galleries, and a post-visit classroom activity. This is the first in a new series of educational materials that provide insight into the collection and rotating exhibitions on view.
Materials available in English and Spanish.
Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar
Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar is a curriculum designed to be facilitated in a variety of ways to best accommodate different classrooms and teaching styles. The curriculum consists of short readings, images, discussion questions, Tongva language vocabulary, and visual worksheets. The curriculum is organized into four lessons (30-60 min each) on the topics of People, Place, Science, and Art.
The objective of the curriculum is to increase students’ cultural and scientific thoughtfulness regarding Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin) from a native, Tongva (Gabrielino) perspective
Let's Make Art! Video Series
Make art inspired by the work of artists in the Broad collection. Through easy step-by-step instructions from The Broad's Let's Make Art! online program, children, families, and educators can use materials found at home to create a wide variety of artworks, from a miniature Infinity Mirrored Room inspired by Yayoi Kusama to a tapestry inspired by El Anatsui.
More Art Activities
Download PDFs of the art cards used in our art kits. Art cards are available in English and Spanish.