Admission

NUMU offers reduced admission ($6) for all educators & students and free admission for youth under 18.

Museum Explorer | School Tours & Classroom Visits

NUMU’s Museum Explorer Program offers guided school tours and classroom visits related to NUMU’s Current Art Exhibitions and The Los Gatos History Project (LGHP), with hands-on activities introducing K-5 elementary and high school students in Santa Clara County to art and history in a museum setting. NUMU’s Museum Explorer programs support California State Curriculum Content Standards and are led by museum staff.

College Tours

Unguided tours are free for all college classes. Guided tours cost $15 per guest. Schedule your visit at least 2 weeks in advance.

Our guide gestures at a collage while students watch

A college tour of Terra Firma

A smiling group of students and our tour guide in front of the NUMU sign

Santa Clara University art students after a tour

Educational Toolkits

ArtNow 2024: In Transition
Educational Toolkit

Grades 9-12
English

In this toolkit, you‘ll find art examples, compiled by the Teen Council, for each of the 8 medium categories. For each artistic example, we have identified key themes explored by the artists and discussion questions. We have also included a list of quotes for further inspiration. You will also find detailed information about how to submit your artwork.

ArtNow 2023: Unarmed Truth
Educational Toolkit

Grades 9-12
English

NUMU and our ArtNow Teen Council are excited to offer a new ArtNow Toolkit, built to help encourage creativity in the classroom and spark inspiration for ArtNow submissions, showing artistic examples for each of the 8 medium categories that explore either personal or universal truths. We hope this toolkit helps you explore the theme Unarmed Truth in a meaningful way.

Makkin Mak Nommo We Are Still Here
Muwekma Ohlone Educational Toolkit

Grades 3-5
English & Spanish

Taking inspiration from the photographs in each exhibition, this Educational Toolkit was created to serve as a lasting resource for teachers in the Bay Area to present concrete connections between California History-Social Studies content standards and the contemporary lives of a documented, local, historic Indigenous community.