Museum Education

Gallery tours and workshops are designed to clarify the ideas, techniques, and aesthetics of ICP exhibitions for visiting groups. Participants at all levels are given the tools to build their visual literacy skills and expand their knowledge of photography.

In an effort to provide the most comprehensive learning experience, exhibition curricula were designed as either starting points from which educators and their students can view and discuss the exhibitions or as a continuation of their museum visit into classroom learning and projects. While these materials provide a framework for exploring the themes presented in the exhibition, we encourage educators to modify these materials to the needs of the students.

We look forward to welcoming you to ICP.

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Tours & Workshops

Reservations are necessary at least three weeks in advance for all group visits.

Guided Gallery Tours

Led by Museum Educators, Guided Tours are tailored for all levels of school and adult audiences and encourage critical thinking and visual literacy.
Grades K–6: $150 per 25 students + 3 required chaperones
Grades 7–12: $150 per 25 students + 2 required chaperones
New York City Public Schools, K–12: Free (min. 10/max. 25)
College Students & Seniors: $10 per person (min. 15/max. 25)
Adults: $15 per person (min. 10/ max. 25)

Self-Guided Gallery Tours

Self-guided groups explore the museum exhibitions at their own pace.

Grades K–12: $2 per person including 2 required chaperones (min. 10/max. 25)
New York City Public Schools, K–12: Free (min. 10/max. 25)
College Students & Seniors: $4 per person (min. 10/max. 25)
Adults: $7 per person (min. 10/max. 25)

Digital Workshops & Writing Workshops

ICP is currently evaluating its Museum Education services, and in the process temporarily discontinuing its workshop offerings. Guided and self-guided tours, as described above, will remain the central component of our Museum Education program, and we look forward to welcoming you and your students to the museum.

This program is support, in part, by public funds form the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. ICP Community Programs would also like to acknowledge generous support from the Altman Foundation, Joseph Alexander Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Ondrea Barbe, The Cowles Charitable Trust, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Houston Family Foundation, Select Equity Group Foundation, Zenkel Foundation, and all of our individual supporters.

Exhibition Curricula

We apologize for any inconvenience, but we are not offering curricula for the upcoming exhibitions. All of our past curricula are available for reference.

Links to External Curricula

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, courtesy of the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Avedon Fashion 1944–2000, courtesy of the Avedon Foundation.

Download Past Curricula PDFs

Susan Meiselas: In History
Cornell Capa: Concerned Photographer
Living with the Dead: W. Eugene Smith and World War II
Junior High School | High School

Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan
Elementary School | Junior High School | High School

Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art
Elementary School | Junior High School | High School

This Is War! Robert Capa at Work
Junior High School | High School

Gerda Taro
Junior High School | High School

Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Elementary School | Junior High School | High School

Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook
Junior High School | High School

Martin Munkacsi: Think While You Shoot
Junior High School | High School

Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video
Elementary School | Junior High School | High School