Teacher Resources

Teacher Resources

The Museum develops teacher resource packets for major museum exhibitions. 
Please call the Education Department at 243-7255 for information about current exhibitions.

Teachers Guide

Exhibition Guide

• Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings is an exhibition presented by The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History in partnership with The Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe.
  
  This traveling exhibition was on view at The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History from October 26, 2008 through March 29, 2009. It was jointly organized by the Virginia Historical Society and the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, with support from LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., Robins Foundation, Jamestown 2007, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
  

• Biennial Southwest '08, a juried exhibition of contemporary works from artists in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
  
  
  
  Biennial SW teacher guide
  
  
  Biennial SW art inserts
  
  
  

Christine Chin, Albuquerque

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• Crossing Cultural Bridges Project
  An African Arts & Culture Curriculum developed as part of the Crossing Cultural Bridges collaborative project is available for review or download. Each of the five units contains study guides and lesson plans that are adaptable to all levels from elementary through high school levels.
  
  Table of Contents
  Introduction
  Unit I – African Art and Nature
  Unit II – Honoring People through Art
  Unit III – Community:  What Brings People Together
  Unit IV – African American Continuity Through Art
  Unit V – African Art and Identity
  Glossary
  
  
  

  Also five African Arts & Culture mini teaching exhibits are on tour in New Mexico. 
  Interested teachers can call the museum to inquire or place their names on a waiting list.  Albuquerque www.cabq.gov