Guided school visits are available Thursdays and Fridays from 9–11:30 a.m. Self-led school visits are available at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., and 2 p.m.

We offer two ways for schools to visit Glenstone: guided or self-led visits. Links to the booking pages can be found on our School Visits page. The booking pages will show a calendar with up-to-date availability for the semester.

To cancel the visit, please reach out to the Community Engagement Team at youth@glenstone.org or 240-660-5155.

We have limited school visit availability, and we would like to accommodate as many school groups as we can.

You can reach the Community Engagement team at youth@glenstone.org or 240-660-5155 to ask questions about your visit.

Our email confirmations can sometimes be identified as spam, we also suggest checking your junk or spam email folders. The email confirmation will come from youth@glenstone.org.

We release school visit availability in parts. For guided engagements, we open September to January scheduling in August and release February through June dates in January.

For self-led visits, availability of dates can be seen 2-months at a time. New dates become available on the 1st of each month.

Guided engagements end at 11:30 a.m. but all groups are welcome to stay and explore the rest of Glenstone at their own pace in the same small groups of up to 10 students.

Please share your plans to extend your visit with the Community Engagement team in advance.

Our school visits can accommodate up to 40 students. This allows us to provide a slow and contemplative Glenstone experience with all.

We require at least 4 chaperones because on arrival we break up the students into smaller groups of up to 10 students with 1 school chaperone.

We recommend coordinating a chaperone who is a teacher or school administrator. While parents can be great volunteer chaperones, we find a successful trip is best led by a chaperone who is familiar with larger groups.

All school visits will start at the Environmental Center. Buses will enter via our Staff Gate at 12180 Glen Road, Potomac, MD 20854, and check in with our Security Team. A “Bus Entrance” sign can be seen from Glen Rd.

We can provide a lunch space for any visiting school group at the Environmental Center. Lunches must be coordinated by the school.

We are unable to provide lunch or accommodate dining at our Café and Patio, and do not carry to-go options.

Cabin John Village, located at 7919 Tuckerman Ln, Potomac, MD 20854, is a shopping center nearby with dining options that can also accommodate bus parking after your visit.

School visits take place rain or shine. All visits include a 20-minute outdoor walk to and from one of our art buildings.

If the heat index value exceeds 105 degrees or if the wind chill temperature falls below 0 degrees, some trails and outdoor sculptures will be closed. We will coordinate with Security to park the bus closer to our art buildings and minimize outdoor travel time.

Ultimately, we follow school closures decisions. If your school or county closes for the day or issues a delayed start, the visit will be canceled. Please reach out to the Community Engagement team at youth@glenstone.org or 240-660-5155 to let us know.

Due to the fragile nature of the artwork, all visitors must be at least 12 years old.

Our school visits are open to students in 6th to 12th grade. Eleven-year-old 6th graders on a school visit are the only exception to this policy.

If your group requires special accommodation, please reach out to the Community Engagement team at youth@glenstone.org or 240-660-5155. We will work with you to accommodate the group as much as possible.

Please note accommodations must be requested at least one week before your visit.

Accessibility offerings:

• Guided engagements include visual and tactile resources to engage diverse learners.

• Our paths are designed to be firm and stable with accessible grades. Complimentary wheelchairs and gallery chairs are available upon request.

• ASL interpretation can be coordinated for any visit.

• We can provide auditory-sensible visitors noise-cancelling headphones as some of our spaces can get echo-y.

• Our team is equipped to work with non-English learners. Please note: Language interpreters must be requested at least two weeks before your visit.

Glenstone is proud to provide bus transportation and substitute teacher reimbursement for any visiting middle or high school group from Montgomery County Public Schools.

If you are an MCPS teacher and have questions about this benefit, please contact the Community Engagement team at youth@glenstone.org or 240-660-5155.