The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California boasts a rich variety of educational materials on their website at getty.edu/education. While the resources are mostly targeted towards students and teachers, many of them could also be utilized by parents hoping to broaden their child’s knowledge base.

The Getty’s education page features a few different subheadings of particular interest. One subheading contains information on planning a school visit. Teachers of primary grade and high school classes can opt for either a guided or self-guided tour. The School Trips section explains the day that each type of tour is available and offers educational information on the art on display, as well as information on The Getty museum itself. An additional section of the site offers information for college professors planning a class outing. Professors can choose either a facilitated visit or to tour the museum in conjunction with a class lecture. The site thoroughly explains the processes needed to organize either trip.

Educators will find two sections of getty.edu/education particularly useful. One section offers teachers programs and resources. The website provides insight into professional development opportunities sponsored by the museum, including Saturday classes that help teachers learn how to incorporate more art into their classroom. Even instructors who do not live in the Los Angeles area can find material in this web-site section useful, as past workshops have a lesson page containing links to lessons plans and image banks to utilize in the classroom. The other section teachers will find helpful is devoted entirely to lesson plans. Teachers can either search by subject and grade level or use the museum’s master list of all Getty provided curriculum. The Getty also has a completely kid-friendly site section. Getty.edu/education/for_kids/ contains a game portal as well as a link to the museum’s Whyville page. The Getty games include classic favorites like jigsaw puzzles and match games mixed in with more advanced outings such as “Detail Detective.” The Getty’s Whyville location allows older children the opportunity to interact with other kids and play games to enhance their virtual museum experience. The Getty Museum’s educational website at getty.edu/education contains a variety of activities and materials for students and teachers alike to access. All of the lessons plans and games are extremely useful and informative whether or not a trip to the Getty Museum is in the future.