Day of the Dead School Partnership

Each year, a Chicago Public School is invited to participate in our annual Día de los muertos exhibition. A selected group of students, teachers and parents work collaboratively with Museum staff to create their own ofrenda or installation to be displayed as part of the exhibition. All students are invited to visit the museum, tour the exhibition, and use Museum space to organize a special school-museum event.

Talcott Fine Arts & Museum Academy Partnership

The National Museum of Mexican Art is a proud partner of the only Fine Arts and Museum Academy in the Chicago Public Schools. Museum Educators provide specific Museum Education services and resources to Talcott students and assists teachers in maximizing and enhancing their students' museum learning experience.

School-granted Cultural Partnerships

Our Education Department also works closely with schools that receive grants to participate in artistic and cultural activities. Museum educators and resident artists can work with one or several classrooms or grades over a short or long period of time. Fees vary by group size, session duration, and materials.

AARTEE

The Academics and Art Together for Effective Education (AARTEE) program is an after school collaboration of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, the Chicago Public School's Office of Language and Cultural Education and CPS Bilingual Parent Resource Center. The weekly after-school program is implemented in three schools: Lazaro Cárdenas School, Cooper Dual Language Academy and Perez Elementary, all located in the Pilsen/ Little Village neighborhoods. The goal of AARTEE is to enhance art, literacy and cultural education through an interdisciplinary Arts curriculum.

Chicago Public Schools-Office of Language and Cultural Education

The Chicago Public Schools, Office of Language and Cultural Education has been one of the Museum's long-time partners in providing quality, artistic, and cultural learning experiences to students, educators, and school administrators. Most recently, CPS-OLCE supported the Museum in developing a Teaching and Learning Guide for The African Presence in Mexico exhibition.

Park Voyagers

This great collaboration between the 10 Museums in the Parks and the Chicago Park District provides families with multidisciplinary instruction in art, science, and history. Classes are offered at parks in the Chicago area, and families are encouraged to make frequent and creative use of Chicago's museums.

MAPS

The Museums and Public Schools program is a partnership with the Museums in the Park (MIP) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS). MAPS integrates museum resources and inquiry-based instruction with the Illinois State Learning Standards. For participating schools, the program involves attending teacher and principal professional development sessions, incorporating the MAPS curriculum into the general curriculum, taking field trips to partner museums, and participating in other additional support activities.