Scheduling Your Visit
Call 215.340.9800, ext124 or email msandquist@michenerartmuseum.org to schedule date, time of tour, and arrangements for lunch, shop visitation, and use of education classroom. Reserve early in the school year to assure your preferred dates. Please note that your visit is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation form. Please review the confirmation to ensure all of the information is correct.
Changes in Your Tour Program/Cancellation
If you must change or cancel your confirmed program, please do so as quickly as possible by contacting the Education Department by phone. Please note that we cannot always accommodate changes. If you do not notify the Education department of your change/cancellation with at least 48 hours advance notice, then you will incur a cancellation fee. If you do not arrive on the day of your program without notification to the Education department, you will be charged in full for your program. This excludes weather related delays and cancellations.
Tour Guidelines
- Arrive on time. Tours are closely scheduled, and docents have a strict timetable. Please call the museum at 215.340.9800 with any delay. Late arrivals may have a shortened tour.
- Buses may discharge and pick up visitors at the Pine Street entrance, then park at the rear of the library parking lot.
- The length of your tour corresponds with the program you selected. Please consult your confirmation form for the length of your tour.
- Chaperones are expected to stay with their group and assume responsibility for student supervision at all times.
- Polite behavior in the museum includes no running or shouting. Other visitors are in the galleries during your tour. Respect the museum environment and museum visitors during your visit. Be polite, quiet, attentive and calm.
- Do not lean against walls or pedestals, as some of them are movable. Do not climb on outdoor sculptures or architectural structures.
- Pencil activities need prior arrangement. Pens are not permitted in the galleries! See Guidelines for Written Activities (below).
- Backpacks, packages, gum, food, and water are not permitted in galleries.
- Cameras are permitted in certain galleries, but no flashes, please. Please check with your docent prior to the tour.
- Cell phones must be turned off or put on vibrate mode during a tour. If you must take a call, please go to the lobby area. Photography with cell phones is not permitted in the museum.
- Touch with eyes, not fingertips. Remember, sculpture is art, too.
- Museum personnel are available for assistance during your visit.
- The museum is accessible to people with disabilities. Please call for details.
Please cooperate: museum rules are for your safety and for the enjoyment of your tour. The museum reserves the right to ask any member of your group to leave if their behavior is impacting the museum experience for others.
Written Activity Guidelines
- High school and college groups may write or sketch with pencils in galleries under teacher supervision.
- Preschool through middle school groups may participate in written pencil activities while seated in a supervised gallery space.
- Teachers must notify the museum prior to the day of the tour, preferably at the time of confirmation, if they are planning a written assignment for their students.
- Written assignments must be provided by the teacher for preschool through college students. Feel free to download any of our activities prior to your visit.
- Pencils and clipboards will be provided for school groups with prior notification. Only pencils and clipboards supplied by the museum may be used. Students are welcome to bring their own sketchbooks or writing journals.
Chaperones
Arrange for one chaperone per six students, and distribute informational welcome letter [188K PDF] to chaperones.
Fees
Please view the School Programs Fee Schedule [538K PDF] for the current school year.
Lunch
Reservations are required for any group having lunch at the Michener as part of their museum visit. There are specific guidelines for indoor and outdoor lunches. Please inquire when you schedule your tour.
Museum Shop
Our Museum Shop is available to the students following their tour. Please plan time in the museum shop at the time of tour reservation. Students typically spend $3 to $10 in the museum shop.
On Arrival
Your group will be greeted in the lobby by the lead docent. Please pay at the front desk for your group.
Prior to Arrival
Please have large groups divided according to instructions on your Tour Confirmation sheet. It is extremely helpful if preschool and elementary students wear nametags.
Flip-flop Tour with Mercer Museum
For large school groups, consider a dual tour with the Mercer Museum. Half the students can tour the Michener while the other half visits the Mercer. After one hour, the two groups switch places. Reservations and payment must be made separately with the Mercer Museum or 215.345.0210.
Museum Visit Evaluation Form
Please print and complete our Museum Visit Survey [86K PDF]
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