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Welcome to MMA Education!


The Muskegon Museum of Art strives to create dynamic, proactive tours and programs to act as a vital educational resource to persons of all ages throughout the region. Visit this site often to view programming additions.
Choose from the following for more information:

Guided Group Tours
Classes/Workshops/Activities
Educator Resources
Educator Resources Library
Volunteer Opportunities

 

 

 

Take your visit to Muskegon to a whole new level -- have an Education Adventure!
Contact the Muskegon County Convention and Visitors Bureau  

 

SUPER SATURDAYS are made for fun at the MMA!

Each of these FREE FAMILY FUN DAYS has a different theme and features free museum admission and activities. Super Saturdays are underwritten with a generous grant provided by the Alcoa Foundation supporting Howmet communities.

 

SUPER SATURDAY SCHEDULE

 

(Please note: There will be no Super Saturday in June)

Saturday, July 10, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Super Purple Saturday

Celebrate colors—especially Harold’s favorite, PURPLE—with an art activity, film, and gallery tour.
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Guided Scavenger Tour
Use your detective skills to find works of art in the galleries that have the color purple.

10:00 am & 1:00 pm Film: Harold and the Purple Crayon

Explore the world of color though the eyes of a 4-year-old boy named Harold. Harold is stuck on purple but soon finds through his adventures that there is magic in every color.
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Make and Take
Draw your own unique design with purple crayon; then finish your creation with an artistic layering of colorful watercolors.
 

Saturday, August 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Super Summer Saturday

Come out of the heat and cool off with this fun Super Summer Saturday.
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Guided Scavenger Tour
Sleuth the galleries to find works of art that remind you of summer.

10:00 am & 1:00 pm Film: Up

(96 mins.) Up, up and away! Hold on tight as you travel with Carl and Wilderness Explorer Russell as they embark on many wild adventures. The talking dog and exotic creatures make this film a summer treat!
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Make & Take Sand Paintings
Draw with glue and sand to make a sand painting. Use colored sand to make your design really pop! 


 


  

BROWN BAG SERIES

Brown Bag programs are free and complement MMA collections and exhibitions. Bring your lunch and enjoy complimentary coffee and cookies while you watch a film. Afterward, from 1:00 to 3:00, visit the galleries for drop-in guided tours led by MMA docents. Free Thursday admission.

2nd & 4th Thursdays through August, 12:15 pm
American Visions: The History of American Art and Architecture Series
(Each part approx. 60 mins.)
Robert Hughes, renowned art critic for Time magazine, guides viewers through 200 years of American culture, art, and history—from “primitive” Colonial era portraits to more complex present day visions. Explore the luminous and sublime work of early American landscape artists. Then share the varied experiences of 19th-century America as they appear in the paintings of John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Winslow Homer. Discover how modernism was introduced to Americans through the 1913 Armory Show, and muse over the creativity of American artists that blossomed during the 1920s, the Depression years, and the exciting, innovative periods following World War II. This eight-part series began in May and will continue through the summer. Running time for each part is approximately one hour.
American Visions Series Schedule
June 10: The Wilderness and The West
June 24: The Gilded Age
July 8: A Wave from the Atlantic
July 22: Streamlines and Breadlines
August 12: The Empire of Signs
August 26: The Age of Anxiety