From performance to portraits, by way of architectural survey and poetic composition, the activities on offer engage with a wide variety of areas of artistic creativity and are designed to actively involve children both older and younger children.
A proper introduction to contemporary art requires careful attention and independent reading. It teaches young people how to make connections that go beyond the obvious and discover unexpected perspectives on the past and present. As such, we have woven a number of interdisciplinary links into the courses that we provide.
There are activities and content suitable for all ages and levels, from nursery to university.
Download here the presentation of the activities for schools.
Reservation required
All groups of more than 10 visitors are required to reserve their access to the museum. Admission for school groups is also subject to booking one of the educational activities offered.
For more information and to book and activity:
education@palazzograssi.it
Nursery school
The nursery courses involve short sessions of play and interaction with the works, where the children are accompanied through their journey of exploration of the exhibitions. The activities unfold over two consecutive phases of observation and narration, in which the children are invited to linger upon the images, analysing the details and shapes they can see and practising their verbal description skills; this helps them learn to become familiar with the image as well as training them to better identify the elements that make up a piece.
Visit “What do you see?"
Creative exercises with shapes and colours: the works on display in the exhibition prompt observations and comparisons from which the children build a visual diary of the museum experience.
Palazzo Grassi, 2h / 80€ per class”
Visit “Icons”
How are contemporary art works made? And what do they tell us? A variety of different materials, mediums, and artistic languages is displayed in the exhibition at Punta della Dogana. They provide the class with a great range of diverse stimuli, taking the children on a journey that is geographical, aesthetic, and thematic.
Punta della Dogana, 2h / 80€ per class
Primary school
Activities for primary schools engage children in observing the works on display, raising questions and stimulating narratives: the work of art becomes a springboard for imagining stories and developing critical, expository and speculative skills. The children will gain a fresh familiarity with the language of painting, as well as the history of the work and the artist, and will take part in an imagination exercise in which they invent a story inspired by a painting.
Visit "Let me tell you a story"
Leading figures of the 20th century populate the rooms, with poses, clothing and scenarios that mirror their times. The class creates a story using their collective imagination, selecting images and moods and following the narrative structure of a fairy tale. This creative exercise develops language skills and visual literacy.
Palazzo Grassi, 2h / 80€ per class
Visit "Icons"
How are contemporary art works made? And what do they tell us? A variety of different materials, mediums, and artistic languages is displayed in the exhibition at Punta della Dogana. They provide the class with a great range of diverse stimuli, taking the children on a journey that is geographical, aesthetic, and thematic.
Punta della Dogana, 2h / 80€ per class
Visit "Dogana da Mar: The merchants of Venice"
Spices, scents and goods travelled the known world to eventually arrive in Venice, at Punta della Dogana, which was a huge warehouse. We play with maps and chests and we become modern merchants... but, beware not to lose your compass!
Punta della Dogana, 2h / 80€ per class
Junior and High school
The courses for secondary school students offer them an opportunity to experience the museum as a space where they can share and express themselves freely. The aim is to foster a critical, attentive eye for art, helping them to develop reflections with links extending to current events, their personal experience, and contemporary historical and artistic contexts.
Activities Icônes
Visit "Express guided tour"/ Icônes
This tour works as an initial introduction and contextualisation of the exhibition, enabling the visitors to appreciate it independently. The explanation provides the necessary tools for a free investigation, without being tied to an obligatory route.
Punta della Dogana, 50'/ €50 per class
Extended guided tour/ Icônes
This is a complete tour of the exhibition, based on conversation and dialogue, with the full participation of students. The artistic languages and theoretical issues addressed by the works in the exhibition are discussed in depth, expanding the students’ views on contemporary society.
Punta della Dogana, 1h30 / 70€ per class
Visit "Among us" / Icônes
For this programme, the class works in small groups to produce a collective project. The themes of the exhibition are first introduced, then the class are asked to relate, contributing their own personal experiences and interests. Connections and links will be discussed in order to create something new: a narrative text, a poem, a drawing, or a video, at the students’ discretion and according to their interests. This is a highly interactive visit that is very effective in engaging students.
Punta della Dogana, tour+activity 2h / 95€ per class
Visit "Dogana da Mar: The Merchants of Venice"
Reserved to Junior schools
Spices, scents and goods travelled the known world to eventually arrive in Venice, at Punta della Dogana, which was a huge warehouse. We discover the history of the building while learning about travels and commerce during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Punta della Dogana, 2h / 95€ per class
Activities CHRONORAMA
Visit "Express guided tour" / CHRONORAMA
An introduction is given and the exhibition is contextualized, so that students may then explore the exhibition on their own. The explanation provides the necessary tools for students to discover the exhibition freely, with no fixed itinerary.
Palazzo Grassi, 50'/ €50 per class
Extended guided tour / CHRONORAMA
This is a complete tour of the exhibition, based on conversation and dialogue, with the full participation of students. The historical and aesthetic elements characterising the different decades of the 20th century will be addressed in depth. Classes are invited to interact, observe, and express their own opinions related to the works and their context, in dialogue with the museum guide.
Palazzo Grassi, 1h30 / 70€ per class
Visit "Among us" / CHRONORAMA
The Chronorama exhibition presents photos that were published in Condé Nast magazines throughout the 20th century: it takes students on a journey across the century, through the lens of fashion and style. The images exhibited accompanied written articles and stories, and the class, organised into small groups, is likewise inspired to produce texts and images that reflect their own point of view. The creative process is sparked by observation of the works and discussion and comparison within the groups.
Palazzo Grassi, tour+activity 2h / 95€ per class
Activities that can be booked in both exhibitions
CLIL CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING
The students bring their knowledge and language skills into play in relation to contemporary art themes: a visit to the exhibitions is an opportunity to learn specific vocabulary and test their expressive skills in the context of the museum. The activity involves each group focusing on a different semantic field and, in relation to the works, producing texts of various kinds, whether narrative, poetic or descriptive.
Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana, 2h / 95€ per class
in English, French, German and Italian for foreigners
Palazzo Grassi Teens
Palazzo Grassi was amongst the first museums to dedicate a programme to teenagers, engaging them in the conception and production of content aimed at their peers to guide them through their discovery of the works in the Pinault Collection.
The museum offers teenagers between 15 and 19 years old the opportunity to participate in an educational course at the museum, following a variety of different themes and pathways, which change from year to year according to the ongoing exhibitions at the time.
The tour of the exhibition is the jumping-off point for a series of regular, ongoing meetings designed to provide a stimulus for the creation of new content - be it text, photo, video or audio - in a free and creative way. The material is all collected in order to enrich the website - teens.palazzograssi.it - which allows young visitors to find out more about the artists and their work through interpretations provided by people of their age.
Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana, minimum 3 - maximum 5 appointments / 130€ per class
University
Through a series of Masterclasses and discussions dedicated to students, the museums offer places for aggregation and comparison, spaces for dialogue, reflection and interdisciplinary exchange, helping to contribute to the students’ education in a free and creative way.
During the opening hours of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, university groups can book a guided tour dedicated to the current exhibitions or the architecture of the two venues:
Booking, for groups of up to 25 participants
Palazzo Grassi or Punta della Dogana:
1h30 / 70 € + admission ticket at the reduced price
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi
1h / 50 € + admission ticket at the reduced price
Palazzo Grassi + Punta della Dogana + Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi
3h / 130€ + admission ticket at the reduced price
Educational activities at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
Find out more about the educational activities offered for schools at the Bourse de Commerce, the Pinault Collection’s new exhibition venue in Paris writing to groupes@pinaultcollection.com.
