Self-guides

Self-guides offer suggestions for a creative and engaging exploration of works on view at the UMFA. These short guides, showcasing thematic selections of our global collection, can be enjoyed anywhere, from the classroom to the UMFA's galleries!

You can schedule a tour here, contact the tour coordinator or call 801.581.3580. Self-guides can be printed in advance upon request or are available digitally below.

Gallery installations are subject to change, some guides might include information about art that is not currently on view.

a group of children look at a sculpture made of cut up tires forming a swirling cluster shape
How To Look at a Work of Art
K-12

Use this guide to help train your artistic eye and develop visual literacy as you practice looking closely at details to interpret works of art using visual evidence.

Pedestal End Sideboard in Neoclassical Taste Joseph B. Berry American,1813–1818 Mahogany, brass, gilt UMFA1993.026.001
Art in the Everyday
K-12

Follow this guide to find artful everyday objects in the UMFA’s collection.

Dance Around the Maypole, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish, 1625-1630, oil on panel, UMFA1992.020.001
Highlights Guide
Family

Discover the UMFA’s global collection with this Highlights Guide.

Equestrian Statue of Louis the XIV
Mapping Masculinity
K-12

Explore your own ideas of masculinity and art with this guide.

Black and white toned oil painting of a man sitting on the edge of a bed. A girl sits on the floor resting her head on his leg. The setting looks like ancient Rome
Art of Healing
Art Ambassador Snapshot

This guide is a snapshot of Art Ambassadors John Stitt and Sam Forlenza's tours that center on mental health and wellness. 

black and white photographic collage of a bedroom with a sky as the ceiling
Photography
Adults

Use this guide to explore photographs in your world. This guide can be used with any photographs you find on view at the UMFA.

a painting of chickens and assorted fowl
Explore with your Senses!
Family

Follow this guide to explore the objects on view with your sense of touch, smell, sound, and more.

A larger porcelain vase with a pattern of red bats and blue clounds
Permanent Collection Toolkit

This Learning Toolkit is a resource for exploring works of art from the UMFA collection. Whether you're in the galleries, classroom, or at home, you can learn from and make personal connections with what you find here.

a bronze-cast bird.
Birding Guide
Family

Thanks to Tracy Aviary, we have a list of birds for you to find in the Museum galleries! Learn about the science behind all our birds in art.

a bronze-cast bird.
Guía de observación de aves
Familia

Gracias a Tracy Aviary, tenemos una lista de aves que podrás encontrar en las galerías del Museo. Conozca la ciencia relacionada con nuestras aves en el arte.