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School Tours
This fall our free, guided school tours are full. We have been taking reservations since May. Our free, guided school tours take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and 11 AM and Fridays at 10 AM. Regular school tour for grades K-12 at the Nasher Museum of Art will resume in January 2009.
Self-Guided School Groups
We are experiencing a high demand for self-guided group visits. Due to the special nature of this exhibition we can only have one self-guided school group in the museum at a time. If tickets are available and no other school group is scheduled, self-guided student groups can visit on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays after 12 p.m. or Fridays after 11 a.m.
Tickets must be purchased in advance and cost $5 for students. The maximum number is 40 students per hour time block. For self-guided groups we require you to bring 1 chaperone for every 5 students. Chaperones need tickets for entry to the exhibition. Groups that do not have the required number of chaperones may be refused entry to the exhibition. Some weekends are available but regular adult ticket prices apply for weekend visits.
To check availability and purchase tickets for self-guided visits call the Duke University Box Office at 919-660-1701. If the box office's phone number is busy please try calling again.
Please note there is a $3 service fee per order.
We ask that teachers do not lead their own tours in the exhibition due to space and acoustic concerns.
An audio tour (English or Spanish) is available at the museum for $3 per person, please see below.
This audio tour can also be downloaded for free from this page.
Questions About School Tours
Contact Julie Thomson,
Associate Curator of Education
nashered@duke.edu / 919.684.8816
Audio Guide
This Antenna Audio production is available in Spanish and English. The tour lasts approximately an hour and covers 20 works in the exhibition. The tour is random access and allows the visitor to select their own order and route through the exhibition. Renting the audio guide at the museum costs $3.
You may also download the audio guide to your personal MP3 player for free.
Click to play; Right Click / Save As to download.
English / 41:28 / 38MB
Spanish / 45:02 / 41MB
FREE Teacher Open House
Please note the registration deadline for our teacher
programs has passed.
Thursday, September 11, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
or Thursday, September 18, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Participants will view the "El Greco to Velázquez" exhibition and receive partial CEU credit, an exhibition poster and interdisciplinary curriculum-based materials to use in the classroom. This event is open only to current classroom teachers. Advance registration is required. Space is limited. When registering please specify which date you prefer and what time you would like to enter the exhibition: 4:30 PM, 5:00 PM or 5:30 PM. Contact nashered@duke.edu to register or call 919-684-8816.
FREE Teacher Workshop
Please note the registration deadline for our teacher
programs has passed.
Saturday, September 13, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
or Saturday, September 20, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sarah Schroth, Curator of "El Greco to Velázquez" will give a slide talk about the exhibition and her original research on this period of Art History. Participants will learn about the optional post-visit by the Nasher Museum to your classroom, view the "El Greco to Velázquez" exhibition and receive partial CEU credit, an exhibition poster and interdisciplinary curriculum-based materials to use in the classroom. This event is open only to current classroom teachers. Advance registration is required, space is limited. When registering please specify which date you prefer. Contact nashered@duke.edu to register or call 919-684-8816.
Registration for teacher programs will be accepted starting on May 5 for Durham Public Schools and May 19 for all schools. Slots are expected to fill quickly. Deadline for teacher program reservations is Friday, September 5, 2008.
