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Beginning May 27, we will be closed as part of Oberlin College’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program.

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Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
440.775.8665

Hours

Tuesday — Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, Sunday Closed

Exhibitions & Events

The Allen presents changing exhibitions along with engaging guest speakers and public programs.

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Art at the AMAM

The Allen's collection is particularly strong in 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, Japanese prints, early modern art, African art, and more.

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Collections

Conservation

Provenance Research

Image Licensing

Art Donations

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Explore the full range of museum programs through free events, guided and self-guided tours, and resources for professors and PreK-12 teachers.

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Resources

Find podcasts, activities, and information for all age groups.

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Support for the museum continues our tradition of bringing art to the people.

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Teacher Resources

Second graders discuss Coiling Dragon A second-grade class discusses the Coiling Dragon sculpture in the museum's central gallery. Photo by Dale Preston

Find online resources to integrate original works of art into your classroom curricula for language arts, math, social studies, science, and visual arts at any K-12 level.

Planning to visit? Use our guide to help get you started. Or, simply browse the materials here for ideas on using the visual arts to enliven your classroom. Want to search the collection? Our eMuseum database allows you to browse our holdings.

Use the Allen Augmented Reality platform for 3D virtual tours of the museum.


Lesson Plans

Using the AMAM’s renowned collection of Asian art, more than 20 lesson plans connect different topics of study with the arts and cultures of Asia. They are based on Ohio’s Learning Standards for all ages and interdisciplinary areas. 

Developed through generous grants from the Freeman Foundation, each lesson includes: learning objectives and assessment questions, a hands-on activity, related state and national learning standards, vocabulary words, differentiations for K-12 levels, a slideshow with supplemental maps and images, and additional resource links. 

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Classroom Resource Sheets

Classroom resource sheets are available for elementary, middle, and high school learning levels with lessons in language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and visual arts.

Each resource sheet gives background information on a work from the AMAM’s permanent collection in the areas of visual analysis, artist biography, cultural and historic importance, function/form, and style. In addition, each resource sheet lists possible vocabulary words and ideas for curricular connections to each of the major subject areas.

Our goal is to help you make connections in the classroom or home school, and to inspire the creative integration of our collection into your lesson plans. These classroom resource sheets were made possible in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council to meet Ohio's Academic Content Standards.

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Afro-Portuguese Saltcellar

File size: 115KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies.

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Francois Boucher

File size: 213KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Georges Braque

File size: 199KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Thomas Cole

File size: 223KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Emanuel de Witte

File size: 143KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies.

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Jan Davidsz de Heem

File size: 236KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies.

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Neri di Bicci

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Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; mathematics, social studies, visual arts.

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Alberto Giacometti

File size: 151KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, social studies, visual arts.

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Eva Hesse

File size: 161KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

File size: 196KB

Lessons for middle school, and high school; language arts, science, visual arts.

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Sir Thomas Lawrence

File size: 154KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Leopard Hip Ornament

File size: 147KB

Lessons for elementary and high school; science, social studies, visual arts.

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Jacopo Ligozzi

File size: 226KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Baldessarri Peruzzi

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Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science

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Pablo Picasso

File size: 278KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Jusepe de Ribera

File size: 131KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, science, social studies.

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Hendrick ter Brugghen

File size: 147KB

Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, social studies, visual arts.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Benjamin West

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Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Joseph Wright of Derby

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Lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school; language arts, mathematics, science, social studies.

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Architecture Resources

The Oberlin College campus features diverse architectural styles by more than 50 prominent architects. The Allen Memorial Art Museum and nearby Weltzheimer/Johnson House exemplify Beaux Arts, mid-century modernism, and postmodern architecture. The following resource packets provide descriptions, vocabulary, and lesson plan suggestions.

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Cass Gilbert Building, 1917

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Frank Lloyd Wright House, 1947

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Robert Venturi Building, 1977

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