See Art Make Art Tour
- Our SAMA field trips and transportation are FREE!
- A SAMA experience can be booked for a minimum group size of 25 and a maximum of 50 students
- A minimum of 6 chaperones is required per school tour.
Registration for Spring 2025 opens November 7 at 3pm.
How to book a tour
- Log in or create an account.
- Go to our SAMA tour calendar and select an available date and tour for your visit.
- Select your tour type and fill out the registration form. Please allow for 5–10 minutes to fill out all required information.
- Add your tour to cart and complete your booking.
After booking your field trip, you will receive a confirmation email with SAMA visit guidelines. If you requested transportation, we will make the bus reservation(s) for you and will be in touch within 14 days to share confirmation information. Your patience is appreciated.
Tour changes or cancellations
If your pickup time, contact person, or student count change after making your tour reservation, please let us know by emailing schooltours@honolulumuseum.org.
Cancellations within 3 weeks of the field trip date will be charged half the cost of the bus reservation.
Elements of Art Tour (Grade K – 12)
Thursday and Fridays • 9–11:15am
What to expect
See Art
On this hands-on tour, students learn about the building blocks that artists use to communicate their ideas—the elements and principles of art. With particular emphasis on line, shape, color, value, space, and pattern, students explore how artists from around the world and from multiple time periods have manipulated these elements and principles to engage viewers, to convey mood, and to transmit meaning.
Make Art
During the art-making session, students work with our Studio Programs teachers to apply awareness of the elements and principles in their own art. With the autonomy to choose artistic media that interest them from a variety of stations, and subject matter that they care about, the “Make Art” portion of the tour supports students in developing their own artistic voice.
Our docents and Studio Programs teachers tailor this tour to challenge, engage, and inspire all age groups in the K–12 grade range.
Math in Art (Grade 2–5)
Wednesdays • 9–11:15am
What to expect
See Art
The Math in Art tour explores mathematical structures in artwork from multiple time periods and diverse artistic traditions. Students will investigate how artists use linear perspective and other techniques to create the illusion of three-dimensional space; they will discover how fractions can inform the work of portrait artists; and they will explore concepts of symmetry and tessellation in geometric patterns of the Islamic world.
Make Art
During the art-making session, students work with our Studio Programs teachers to apply their understanding of mathematical structures in art to their own art. With the autonomy to choose artistic media of their interest from a variety of stations, and subject matter they care about, the “Make Art” portion of the tour supports students in developing their own artistic voice.
Our docents and Studio Programs teachers tailor this tour to challenge, engage, and inspire all age groups in the 2 to 5 grade range.
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