Step into a masterpiece! View highlights of the collection and exhibitions customized for your group’s size and grade level.

Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1966, cast 2002. Painted aluminum. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase. © Morgan Art Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Choose ONE of the following curriculum-related tours:

Angles on Art

Identify geometric principles at work in art and architecture. Geometry and Art TEKS Selected for grades K–5.

Tales & Traditions

Link themes of family, identity, and cultural heritage with works of art. Think critically, draw conclusions, and make creative discoveries about how art reflects social and historical messages. Art, Language Arts, and Social Studies TEKS selected for grades K–5.

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART & Math)

Apply STEAM concepts in real world situations. Look for and describe evidence of artist experimentation, invention, and imagination. Science, Technology, and Art TEKS selected for grades 6–12.

Hero or Villain?

Nobody’s perfect. Discover the stories behind legendary heroes and despicable villains. Art, Language Arts, and Social Studies selected TEKS for K–12.

Email tours@mcnayart.org for lesson plans and TEKS.

Customize your options. With works from the McNay’s collection always on view in the Main Collection Galleries and in the Stieren Center, seeing the whole museum takes more than 45 minutes. Help us plan your tour by identifying priorities for your visit.

You may indicate up to THREE priorities of artists or themes you’d like your students to see. Tell us:

1. MUST see
2. Also nice to see
3. Only if there’s time

Students also see other highlights of the McNay.

Choose TWO from the following list of exhibitions:

• Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel: Sacred Sets for Stage & Scene
• Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art
• Water Marks: Images of Water in the Collection
• Spotlight: San Antonio’s K–12 Artists Embrace Sue Fuller
• El Rancho McNay: Animals in the Collection
• Artists Looking at Art: Dan Guerrero
• Is It Real? Staging Nature
• Selena Forever/Siempre Selena

• Please watch our School Tour Guidlines Video.
• Bring at least one adult for every 10 students. Groups must be supervised by an adult at all times. A maximum of one adult for every five students will be admitted for free. Adults exceeding the 1:5 ratio are asked to pay the adult group discount rate of $15 during our Special Exhibitions.
• Food items, tote bags, and backpacks are not allowed inside the museum. Please have everyone leave these items on the bus.
• Look at art, but avoid touching it, including outdoor sculptures.
• If you plan to have students write or sketch, please bring pencils only and a sturdy writing surface.
• For security, closed circuit television cameras observe all galleries and record all activities.
• Photography without flash is allowed in the permanent collection galleries.
• The Museum Store welcomes teachers, chaperones, and students in groups of 10 students or less at a time. Students must be chaperoned and supervised at all times while in the store. If you plan to visit the Museum Store, please do so after your tour.

• Please print a copy of the McNay Bus Map for each bus driver. Bus drivers must follow the prescribed route. Buses may not use the circle drive at the museum’s main entrance.
• To request reimbursement from the McNay Bus Fund, please contact us at tours@mcnayart.org.

• Please have students wear boldly printed name tags (first name only).
• Before arriving, the teacher in charge should know the exact number of students and adult chaperones coming on the tour. If this number changes, notify us immediately so that we can schedule the proper number of docents for your group.
• When you arrive, check in with the front desk and let them know the number of students and adult chaperones with your group.
• If anyone in your group needs special arrangements, please let us know.
• Consult the Student Tour Information Packet attached to your confirmation email. If you did not receive the packet, you can email tours@mcnayart.org to request one.
• If you are running late or need to cancel your tour, please notify the Front Desk at 210.805.1783 AND call the Scheduler at 210.805.1767.

Student tours are free! Chaperones also receive free admission up to 1 adult for every 5 students. Adults exceeding the 1:5 ratio are asked to pay a discounted adult admission of $15.

Updated October 5th: Out of an abundance of caution and safety for our students, staff, and volunteers, we are not currently providing any guided tours in person. In the meantime, we are happy to arrange an engaging virtual tour for your students with some of our Educators and/or Docents.

If you have any questions, please contact tours@mcnayart.org or 210.805.1767

The McNay offers bus reimbursement for docent-guided school visits, up to $250 per bus. Email tours@mcnayart.org for more information.

Self-guided student tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance and are available:

• Wednesdays and Fridays starting at 9:30am
• Thursdays & Saturdays starting at 10:00am.
• Sundays starting at 12:00pm.

The McNay is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.**

Virtual tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance and are available: Mondays through Fridays from 9 am to 5 pm.

** Please note: the museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, BUT we can still conduct virtual tours on these days.

Self-guided Student Tours

You may bring a group of students for a self-guided tour, but students must be divided into groups of no more than 10, per state executive order.

Please bring one adult for every ten students. If you wish to bring more than 120 students, please email tours@mcnayart.org or call 210.805.1767.

Virtual Tours

We can accommodate up to 300 participants on a virtual tour.

For grades K–3, tours last approximately 45 minutes. For grades 4 and up, tours last approximately 60 minutes. High school and college tours last approximately 60 minutes, or longer if requested.

Click “Book a Tour.” Be ready with:

• Name of your school and organization
• Contact name, phone number, e-mail and mailing address
• Number of students in your group
• Date and time you would like your tour
• Track option from this Playlist

If you have any questions, please contact tours@mcnayart.org or 210.805.1767.