Scheduling a Tour

For your convenience, you may arrange a free tour by calling the tour coordinator at (513) 639-2975 or submitting an online request form Monday through Friday. Tours must be scheduled at least four weeks in advance. You will receive a pre-visit Teachers Guide with your tour confirmation, prior to your visit. 

 

* Due to the high demand for tours during the spring months, we no longer have any 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. tour time slots available through the end of May 2012. We do have a limited number of 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. time slots available in May. Please contact the Tour Coordinator at (513) 639.2975 for additional information.

 

During Your Visit

School groups must be accompanied by at least one adult chaperone for every ten students. You and the chaperones are responsible for students’ behavior at all times, including compliance with all Cincinnati Art Museum regulations. To help you, your chaperones, and your students understand the Art Museum’s guidelines, a confirmation packet, including a brochure entitled Field Trip Guide containing suggested guidelines, will be mailed to you. 

 

Special Needs 

 The Cincinnati Art Museum is wheelchair accessible. Tours are available in French, German, and Spanish. Please indicate whether your group has special needs. 

 

Helpful Hints

Buses may drop off students in front of the Cincinnati Art Museum and park in the lot free of charge. Backpacks, umbrellas, bags, and other large items are not permitted in the galleries; we recommend that you leave these items on the bus. Coat bins are available for student tour groups. Only pencils are permitted in the permanent exhibitions. No writing utensils are permitted in special exhibitions.

Regrettably, the Art Museum does not have facilities for eating packed lunches so please leave all food on the buses.

 

School Buses

The Art Museum provides buses through the Art Museum Bus for Kids Fund. Established by the volunteers of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the fund’s goal is to give school children the opportunity to visit the Art Museum for a guided tour. 

 

Eligibility for Art Museum Bus for Kids:

City of Cincinnati school (public or private)

25 percent or more of school population on the Federal Lunch Program

Scheduling the following guided tours: All grades visiting the Cincinnati Art Museum must have guided tours relating to U.S. History. Topics may include American Art, Native American Art, United States History, African American Art, etc.

Not eligible for the Art Museum Bus for Kids? Free buses for visits to the Art Museum are also available through ArtLinks’ Art Bus program. Buses are available to schools in the Greater Cincinnati area with a school population of 50 percent or more on the Federal Lunch Program. For more information go to http://www.artlinks-ohio.org/ 

 

To Schedule a Bus:

1.Call the Cincinnati Art Museum at (513) 639-2975 to schedule a guided-tour.

2.Call ArtLinks at (513) 363-0203 to schedule your bus or http://www.artlinks-ohio.org/

3.Buses available for scheduled tours only.