Visitors + Researchers
Whether planning a visit, or exploring from home, discover VMFA's comprehensive collection and all it has to offer!
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Sample Resources
These are just a sampling of what VMFA has to offer!
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Looking to Learn: I See, I Think, I Wonder
Subject Area: English, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Early Childhood, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Collection: African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, East Asian Art, European Art, Modern and Contemporary Art
Culture/Region: Africa, America, China, East Asia, Europe, Rome
Subject Area: African American, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, English, Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Math, Science, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Teacher Professional Development
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Sketching to Learn: 30-second Sketch
Subject Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Collection: African Art, Ancient Art, Decorative Arts after 1890, East Asian Art, Egyptian Art, European Art, Mesoamerican Art, South Asian Art
Culture/Region: Africa, America, China, East Asia, Egypt, Europe, Greece, India, Rome, South Asia
Subject Area: Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Looking to Learn: What Makes You Say That?
Subject Area: English, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Sketching to Learn: Before and After
Subject Area: English, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Simile and Metaphor
Subject Area: English
Grade Level: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Sensory Inventory
Subject Area: English, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Creative Comparisons
Subject Area: English, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Sensory Inventory (German)
Subject Area: Visual Arts, World Languages
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Escribir Para Aprender: Inventario Sensorial
Subject Area: Spanish, Visual Arts, World Languages
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Sketching to Learn: Lines, Shapes, and Pattern Hunt
Subject Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Looking to Learn: Perceive, Know, Care About
Subject Area: Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Visual Arts
Grade Level: College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Sketching to Learn: Beyond the Frame
Subject Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Headlines, Captions, and Memes
Subject Area: English, Visual Arts
Grade Level: College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Sketching to Learn: Contour Drawing
Subject Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Engagement Activity
Writing to Learn: Sensory Inventory (French)
Subject Area: Visual Arts, World Languages
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Gallery Guides and Hunts
Gallery guides and Gallery Hunts are designed for you and your students to use on self-directed visits of VMFA.
Activity Type: Gallery Guides & Hunts, Special Exhibition
Gallery Hunt: What Does Power Look Like? (old version)
Collection: African Art, Ancient Art, Decorative Arts after 1890
Culture/Region: Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome
Subject Area: Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Visual Arts
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Gallery Guides & Hunts
Gallery Hunt: Shape Up (archived)
Collection: African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, Decorative Arts after 1890
Culture/Region: Africa, America, Rome
Subject Area: Visual Arts
Grade Level: Adult, College, Early Childhood, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Gallery Guides & Hunts
Gallery Hunt: Style (old version)
Collection: African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, European Art, Modern and Contemporary Art
Culture/Region: Africa, America, Europe, Rome
Subject Area: African American, Fine Arts
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
Activity Type: Gallery Guides & Hunts
Gallery Guide: Ancient Egyptian Culture
Collection: African Art, Ancient Art, Egyptian Art
Culture/Region: Africa, Egypt
Subject Area: Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Science
Grade Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Activity Type: Gallery Guides & Hunts
Gallery Hunt: Egyptomania (archived)
Collection: African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, Decorative Arts after 1890, Egyptian Art
Culture/Region: Africa, America, Egypt, Europe, Greece
Subject Area: Visual Arts
Grade Level: Adult, College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-2
VMFA's extensive Library
The Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library is open to the public Monday – Friday, noon – 5 pm, except for state holidays. The Reading Room offers tables and chairs for research, and four public computers, which can access the Internet, all of the Library’s subscription electronic resources, and the museum’s collections database. The Reading Room is also equipped with outlets and wireless Internet for patrons wishing to bring a laptop.
Visit the ArchivesExplore the collections with our interactive map!
Use the interactive map to discover more or plan your visit!
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Museum Events
Check out VMFA’s calendar of events to find out the latest on what's happening!
VMFA Programs
VMFA offers programs for all visitors, infant to infinity, including lectures, gallery programs, and studio classes.
Tours
We offer daily walk-in tours for individuals and self-directed and docent-guided group tours for adults and students!