Bookable session: Make creative and imaginative connections across rich themes in our collections
Explore how artists and artworks shape our world, express concepts, beliefs, and relationships. Find out about different art media and techniques and how artists employ line, shape, colour, texture, and composition to express ideas.
Through mindful visual examination, thoughtful conversation and shared discussion designed to foster your students playful and imaginative curiosity around art and artworks, we learn together to create Art Connections.
Choose from one of our themes:
- Portraits
- How to Read a Painting
- Landscapes
- Who holds power?
Please indicate your preference for theme when booking.
- Portraits and Heads
- How to Read a Painting
- Landscapes
- Who holds power?
This is available as a museum educator led session.
- scheduled for two hours
- available for up to two classes
- one hour is taught, one hour is self-led, then if two classes the groups swap
- self-led resources are available
- access to our lunch room to store belongings and eat lunch
‘Students are using their research to influence their own work. There were many positive responses.’ – KS4/5 Teacher
Videos, schemes of work and high-quality images
We are fully booked for Museum Educator Led visits for Summer 2025.
If you’d like to visit in Autumn 2025, please complete our visit request form by Tuesday 10th June. After this initial request period, we will review all submissions and respond to schools by Friday 20th June. This process ensures that as many schools as possible can experience our collections. Bookings received after Tuesday 10th June are still welcome, but availability may be limited.
Taught sessions will be offered Tuesday – Friday. Self-led visits are available Tuesday – Friday and will be scheduled around taught sessions.
Museum Educator Booking Request Form
If you have any questions email education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
We open bookings for each school term at the preceding half term. If you are interested in Spring or Summer 2026 bookings, or teacher events, sign up to our teacher mailing list.
Access and special educational needs
We are happy to discuss the content of the session and any other details that may be useful in helping your students make the most of their visit.