We offer four formats for teaching a class in the museum: self-guided visits, co-facilitated visits, print study room sessions, and exhibition tours.

The AMAM is a teaching museum founded to support students' educational experiences at Oberlin College, but we also serve a wide audience of public schools, other colleges and universities, and the region. We prioritize the Oberlin faculty’s use of the collection, but, because we schedule visits for all audiences on a first-come, first-served basis, we ask you to schedule your visits to the museum as early as possible—preferably before the start of the semester.

Oberlin faculty members may use the form below to submit a visit request. Please submit your request:

• at least two weeks before the intended date of a self-guided visit to the galleries;
• at least one month before the intended date of a self-guided visit that includes a print study room component; and
• at least one month before the intended date of your co-facilitated visit to the galleries or print study room, or in advance of a special exhibition tour.

The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Although we do allow class visits starting at 9 a.m., Monday visits are exclusively for classes that meet only on Mondays. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate evening visits to the museum.

Self-guided visits

Faculty members who are confident using the museum and its collection may use the museum as their secondary classroom. The Office of Academic Programs will collaborate as necessary to assist you in developing object lists and activities for teaching in the galleries or the print study room. Self-guided visits should be scheduled in advance to reserve the spaces you need for teaching and to ensure your class is appropriately welcomed to the museum.

Co-facilitated visits

These visits are team taught by a faculty member and a museum curator, feeding off of one other’s strengths. A planning meeting will allow for appropriate objects and approaches to meet your learning objectives for the session. On the day of the session, a curator will deliver content related to museum objects and their histories; the faculty member plays a crucial role in connecting the objects to the broader themes of their class.

Viewing sessions in the Wolfgang Stechow Print Study Room

Usually scheduled during the lunch period, these sessions allow students to view works on their own time outside of the standard class period. This is a particularly helpful format for allowing students to return to artworks they saw as a class, or for adding new objects to a longer class project. Up to 10 works can be pulled for these 2-hour sessions.

Special exhibitions tour

Curators provide an in-depth look at their current exhibitions.

The curator of academic programs is available to help you decide which format best fits your learning goals. We have an abundance of resources for making the most of your time in the museum.

If you have questions about planning and scheduling a visit, please contact Hannah Wirta Kinney, assistant curator of academic programs.