Academic Engagement
The Department of Academic Engagement supports university teaching and research through the collections and exhibitions of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Whether your subject relates directly to our collections or you would like to use the Museum to foster other academic skills, we welcome you to use our galleries as your classroom. There are many ways to integrate our collections into your syllabus; they include self-guided visits, curator- or educator-facilitated tours, appointments to use our study rooms, and collection- or museum-based assignments.
In the dynamic learning environment of the Museum, an artwork might inspire a historical research project in one student, a short story or poem in another, and a technical analysis in a third, depending on your course and your pedagogical goals. Such engagement with art encourages students to take an active role in their learning, articulating and applying abstract concepts to concrete examples, making cross-temporal and cross-cultural connections, and developing visual literacy skills.
Opportunities
- You may work with a curator or a museum educator to co-teach in-gallery classes Wednesdays through Fridays.
- The Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and the Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies are open by appointment Monday through Friday.
- You are welcome to self-guide in our galleries during public hours Wednesday through Sunday.
- To request a facilitated class visit, or if you would like to alert us to your plans to self-guide, please fill out the forms below. We ask that requests for facilitated classes and study room appointments be made at least three weeks in advance. In limited cases, and with at least six weeks’ notice, objects not currently on view may be made available for classes.
For research inquiries, proposed semester-long course collaborations, or other requests, please contact academicengagement@artbma.org.
