For Educators: Mansion and Museum Lessons
Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940). [Teacher and students in science classroom], ca. 1935. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee.
The George Eastman Museum serves students and educators through programs that provide creative approaches to the curriculum. Whether on-site or online, our resources help students to explore a range of subjects, including photography, history, technology, and language arts.
George Eastman's Historic Mansion
Explore the museum from school or home with our virtual tours. Through the links below, you can access the historic mansion, see select behind-the-scenes areas, and tour the gardens in full bloom. There are also pre-visit experiences to introduce Mr. Eastman and his contributions to photography.
- Historic mansion virtual tour
- Learning from Primary Resources: Early Photography
- Learning about George Eastman as an Inventor
- Post Visit Experience: Learning at Eastman Museum
- Halloween Friendly Ghost Activity
ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS
Dutch Connection
February and/or March - Specific dates determined on an annual basis
- Dutch Connection Video: How to Plant a Bulb
- PDF Instructions: How to Plant a Bulb
- Learning about Bulbs, Flowers, and Gardening with Picture Books
- Learning about Bulbs Activity
- GEM Kids Bulb Growth Chart: PreK Level
- GEM Kids Bulb Growth Chart: Kindergarten to Third Grade Level
- Blog Post: Advice on Growing Indoor Plants
Sweet Creations
Mid-November to January 1 - Specific dates determined on an annual basis
- Learning about Gingerbread Folktales from Around the World with Picture Books
- Gingerbread Person Template to design
- Gingerbread House Template to design
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be
Adam Ekberg: Minor Spectacles
- Hear from the Artist: Adam Ekberg
- Pre-Visit Experience: Artist Video Introduction
- Writing a Windspark Poem
Selections from the Collection: War and Conflict
- Pre-Visit Experience: I am Not 'Napalm Girl' Anymore Reading and Questions
- The KWL Strategy: Researching Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- UNICEF: Voices of Youth/Violence and Conflict/Poems for Peace
- In Gallery Activity: Explore Protest Poetry
- Protest Poetry Lesson - Brian Turner
- Photographic Process Glossary
- Photography and Poetry Extra Resources
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Perspectives: Recents Gifts of Contemporary Art
Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone
- Constructing A Lune Poem to Photographs
- Poetry in the Main Galleries
- Knew Wonder Wish Writing Lesson
- Present and Absent Writing Lesson
- Past and Future Writing Lesson
- FloodZone Dream Lesson
- Water Quality Related Key Terms and Concepts
- Stormwater Coalition of Monroe County Stormwater School Curriculum (SUNY-Brockport)
Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I'll Run On
Artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden uses photography to engage some of the most challenging subject matter of our time. Working across genres—social documentary, reportage, portraiture, book arts, and fine arts—he critically examines race, masculinity, sexuality, and gender in the United States. His work reveals the destructive impact of these constructs on Black Americans.
- Virtual tour
- Spark a Conversation card
- Hear from the Artist: Joshua Rashaad McFadden
- Exhibition Inspired Picture Books
- Using a Viewfinder Activity
- Pre-Visit Experience: Teaching Civil Rights Reading and Questions
- Pre-Visit Experience: New York Times Reading and Questions
James Tylor: From an Untouched Landscape
In his artistic practice, James Tylor highlights under-told and often unseen histories of Aboriginal peoples. Tylor takes an expansive approach to landscape, incorporating his Kaurna knowledge into its presentation, and to the photographic medium, through use of technologies old and new. In Tylor’s hands, photography, once used to survey Aboriginal lands and peoples, becomes a way to indigenize landscapes.