Glenstone offers five guided paths to choose from for your visit. All paths are designed to meet Maryland Visual Art State Standards or Next Generation Science Standards to enable stronger connections to the current state-wide curriculum.

Guided programs are led by knowledgeable guides that use artful thinking routines, modeled on strategies developed by Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education, to encourage student engagement.

During the visits, students will be able to work on the following skills.

• Students will build critical thinking and interpretation skills. Your class will learn how to talk about art, and how to use language that communicates ideas and visual experiences.

• Students will share their own ideas about art, architecture, and nature. At Glenstone, we want to help students feel more independent by encouraging them to express their own important opinions.

• Students will discover ways to apply mindfulness techniques in their own lives. Close-looking techniques, as a kind of mindfulness activity, can offer students a way to slow down and get to know the world around them at their own pace.

• Students will encounter new ways of thinking about sustainability. Sustainability is a core value at Glenstone. Students will discover how organizations and individuals can make decisions that are good for the environment.

Glenstone’s guided visit program is fully booked through June 2025. For now, you can join the waitlist for a guided onsite visit.  If a date becomes available, Glenstone will email all educators on the waitlist at once about the availability, with at least 2 weeks’ notice.

Scheduling guided onsite visits for the 2025-26 school year will begin on Monday, August 25, at 10:00 am.

Visit Logistics

• One guided engagement is available on Thursdays and Fridays from 9–11:30 a.m.

• All Glenstone visits include time outdoors, rain or shine.

• Students will engage with 4-5 artworks in Glenstone's collection.

• The Pavilions building will fully reopen on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Please note all guided engagements will continue to take place primarily at the Gallery through the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

• Visits can host up to 40 students and require 4 chaperones.

• Review our guided engagement guidelines to prepare for your visit.

Visit Paths

In a self-led visit, students explore Glenstone at their own pace and are encouraged to engage with our guide team throughout campus.

You can schedule a self-led visit on the Groups page. The Community Engagement team will follow up with you to share additional details about your visit and answer any questions.

Visit Logistics

• Self-led visits are available Thursdays and Fridays at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., and 2 p.m.

• All Glenstone visits include time outdoors, rain or shine.

• Self-led visits are open to groups of up to 25 participants. Starting March 20, 2025, self-led visits will be open for groups of up to 35 participants. Contact the Community Engagement team to discuss a bigger school group of up to 40 students with 4 chaperones.

• Review our self-led visit overview letter to prepare for your visit.

Glenstone offers three virtually guided programs led by the Community Engagement Team that use interactive exercises to encourage student engagement.

Schedule a virtual engagement between February 2024 -June 2025 here. Please note: Glenstone Museum will be closed from February 24 through March 19.

Visit Logistics

• Virtual engagements are offered Monday through Friday and are 45 minutes.

• Virtual engagements are led by the Community Engagement team and can be hosted on the school's preferred platform.

• Virtual engagements can be hosted with a group of any size, but we recommend selecting this option with smaller classes to facilitate discussion between the presenters and students.