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At the NGV, students participate in open-ended learning experiences where their ideas are encouraged and valued. Our inquiry-based approach provokes curiosity, inspires the imagination, and opens doors to new ways of thinking about the world. Our programs are facilitated by experienced educators, are tailored to specific year levels and aligned with key curriculum frameworks and subject areas.

Book a self-guided school visit, find more information about planning your visit, or discover our range of interactive talks, studio workshops, events and learning resources below.

EXPLORE EVENTS, EXCURSIONS AND MORE

Select the relevant year level, learning area or exhibition focus to explore what we have on offer.

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Self-guided
Book a Self-Guided School Visit
Teacher Professional Learning

Event
20241122
NGV Learn Celebration Event

6pm – 8pm, tomorrow, ticketed
Event
20241123
Surrealism: One Day Course

9.30am – 4pm, 23 Nov, ticketed
Event
20241127 20241205 20241210
Under 5s | Furry Friends

10.30am – 11am, 27 Nov, free entry

(2 more dates)
Event
20241128
Educator Briefing | Navigating Kusama for School Groups

4pm – 5pm, 28 Nov, free entry
Event
20241217
End of Year Fun with Kusama and NGV

9.30am – 10.30am, 17 Dec, free entry
Event Art Making Exhibition
20250117
Ways of Making | Exploring Kusama with Nixi Killick

9.30am – 4pm, 17 Jan, ticketed
Event
20250122 20250123
NGV Teens x Midsumma Queer Dialogues

1.30pm – 3pm, 22 Jan, free entry

(1 more date)
Event
20250226
Using the NGV to Teach – First Nations Art and Design

4pm – 5pm, 26 Feb, free entry
Event
20250315
Ways of Looking | Activity Based Engagement Professional Learning for Teachers

9.15am – 1.15pm, 15 Mar, ticketed
Event
20250315
Ways of Looking | Visual Thinking Strategies Professional Learning for Teachers

9.15am – 1.15pm, 15 Mar, ticketed
Event Exhibition
20250320
Kaleidoscopic Creations Inspired by Yayoi Kusama presented by Louise O'Brien

9.30am – 10.30am, 20 Mar, free entry
Event
20250327
Focus on First Nations Professional Learning for Teachers

9.30am – 4pm, 27 Mar, ticketed
Event
20250508
Educator Briefing | Kimono

4pm – 5pm, 8 May, free entry
Event Art Making Studio Workshop
20250510
Ways of Making | Painting Professional Learning for Teachers

9.15am – 1.15pm, 10 May, ticketed
Event EAL
20250522
Using the NGV to Teach – Literacy

4pm – 5pm, 22 May, free entry
Event EAL
20250523
Spotlight on English as an Additional Language | First Nations Focus Professional Learning for Teachers

9.30am – 4pm, 23 May, ticketed
Event
20250625
Creating Characters | Drawing with Leigh Hobbs

9.30am – 10.45am, 25 Jun, free entry
Event Art Making Studio Workshop
20250809
Ways of Making | Digital Art Professional Learning for Teachers

9.15am – 1.15pm, 9 Aug, ticketed
Event EAL
20250818
NGV Book Week with Jacqueline Harvey

9.30am – 10.30am, 18 Aug, free entry
Introductory Talk
Introduction to Cats & Dogs

Exhibition
Cats & Dogs Self Guided School Visits All levels

Interactive Tour
Introduction to Rekospective: The Art of Reko Rennie

Booking enquiry form – School Support Programs (SRL)

On Demand Wellbeing
Art and Wellbeing for Educators Professional Learning for Teachers

Studio Workshop
My Heroes NGV Creative Studio inspired by Kaylene Whiskey | Levels F–6

Mon–Fri, 10am, 12.30pm
Studio Workshop
Make Your Mark NGV Creative Studio inspired by Joshua Yeldham | Levels 7–12

Mon–Fri, 10am, 12.30pm
Studio Workshop
Draw Me a Story NGV Creative Studio inspired by Jessica Murtagh | Levels F–6

Mon–Fri, 10am, 12.30pm
On Demand
NGV as a Teaching Resource Professional Learning for Teachers

NGV Creative Studio Workshops for Students

Wellbeing
Art and Wellbeing All levels

Interactive Tour
Value Theory in Art | VCE Philosophy Levels VCE

Interactive Tour
Developing Interpretations | VCE Literature Levels VCE

Interactive Tour
Visual Perception | VCE Psychology & VCE Visual Communication Design Levels VCE

Interactive Tour
First Nations Art and Design All levels

Interactive Tour
Visual Analysis | Ways of Looking All levels

Interactive Tour
Discover Art at the NGV | Secondary Levels 7-12

Interactive Tour
Discover Art at the NGV | 3–6 Levels 3–6

Interactive Tour
Discover Art at the NGV | K – 2 Levels K–2

Interactive Tour
Australian Environments and Landscapes Levels 7–12

Interactive Tour
Belonging, Community and Belief Levels 3–4

Interactive Tour
What is Art? | Critical and Creative Thinking Levels 5–10

Interactive Tour
Draw Like an Italian Master Levels 3–10

Incursion
Outreach Incursion | Magical Masks Levels F - 6

Accessible NGV Collection
Accessible Learning with Art All Levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
IB Theory of Knowledge Levels 10, VCE

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Medieval To Renaissance Levels 7-10

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
All About Design – Online All levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Colony to Nation Levels 3-10, VCE

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Inspiring Lives Levels 7–12

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Bonjour France All levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Viva Italia All levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Art in China: Then and Now All levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
Konnichiwa Japan All levels

Interactive Tour NGV Collection
The Art of Portraiture Levels 3–12

On Demand
Encountering the Sacred Through Art Professional Learning for Teachers

Resource Exhibition
Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource
Interpreting Images of Faith
Resource
Pharaoh | Notes for Educators
Resource
Think with Thoth
Resource
Creative Practice: David Shrigley
Resource
Meet the Maker | Ashley Eriksmoen
Resource Exhibition
Big Ideas in Contemporary Art and Design
Resource
NGV Triennial 2023 | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource Exhibition
Reflection model (Itsukushima) | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource
Creative Practice: Globe International
Resource Exhibition
Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi | Notes for Educators
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Great Wrap
Resource Exhibition
Melbourne Now | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Kelly Koumalatsos
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Mia Boe
Resource Art Making Exhibition
Digital Creatives: Breakfast With Bonnard
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Troy Emery
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Gracia and Louise
Resource
Digital Creatives: Exquisite Corpse
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Venkat Raman Singh Shyam
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Jacopo Amigoni
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Alan Constable
Resource Exhibition
China – The Past Is Present | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Art
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Rona Rapangka Rubuntja
Resource Accessible NGV Collection
Accessible Learning with Dhambit Munuŋgurr
Resource Accessible
Accessible Learning with Trevor Turbo Brown
Resource Art Making
Digital creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Resource Exhibition
Rigg Design Prize 2022
Resource Exhibition
Creative Practice: Ashley Gilbertson
Resource Exhibition
Who Are You | Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource Art Making Exhibition
The Picasso Century | Great Art Ideas
Resource Exhibition
Who Are You | Australian Portraiture
Resource
Creative Calligrammes
Resource Art Making
Cubist Collage
Resource Exhibition
Automatic apparitions
Resource Art Making Exhibition
Print my Portrait
Resource Exhibition
QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection
Resource Exhibition
Bark Ladies: Eleven artists from Yirrkala
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Tints and shades
Resource
Impressions and reflections
Resource Exhibition
We Change the World PASS Project
Resource Art Making
Get handy with form
Resource NGV Collection
Tonally awesome
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Tactile textures
Resource EAL
Mandarin: Great art ideas
Resource EAL NGV Collection
Colony to Nation: Federation (Adaptation for EAL)
Resource Exhibition
Camille Henrot: Exhibition fact sheet
Resource EAL NGV Collection
Colony to Nation: Changes to Australia’s Environment (Adaptation for EAL)
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Possum skin cloaks with Maree Clarke
Resource Exhibition
Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories
Resource Art Making Exhibition
Meet First Nations artist Cassie Leatham
Resource Exhibition
Introduction to French Impressionism
Resource Exhibition
Digital creatives: Monet, sunrise to sunset
Resource Exhibition
French Impressionism: Exhibition fact sheet
Resource Exhibition NGV Collection
French Impressionism
Resource Exhibition
We Change the World: Young voices on change
Resource Art Making
Celebrating the Everyday
Resource Exhibition
We Change the World
Resource EAL NGV Collection
Colony to Nation: First Contact (Adaptation for EAL)
Resource NGV Collection
Beautiful Planet
Resource EAL NGV Collection
Colony to Nation: Immigration (Adaptation for EAL)
Resource Exhibition
Australian Impressionism
Resource NGV Collection
Allegory, parody and appropriation with Tiepolo’s The banquet of Cleopatra
Resource Exhibition
Big Weather
Resource Art Making Exhibition
NGV Triennial 2020: Cut, paste, compose
Resource Exhibition
NGV Triennial 2020: Exhibition fact sheet
Resource Exhibition
This extraordinary environment
Resource Accessible Art Making Exhibition
Auslan video: Small victories trophy
Resource Art Making Exhibition
NGV Triennial 2020: Small victories trophy
Resource Exhibition
NGV Triennial 2020: Secondary card kit
Resource Exhibition
NGV Triennial 2020: Primary card kit
Resource
Digital creatives: Sea life
Resource Art Making
Nifty Nōtan
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Bad hair day
Resource Art Making
Cubist construction
Resource NGV Collection
Chinese Ceramics Throughout History
Resource NGV Collection
Introduction to ukiyo-e and kabuki
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Frozen winter landscapes
Resource NGV Collection
The art of storytelling inspired by Laing’s groundspeed (red piazza) #2
Resource Art Making
Frottage forests
Resource Art Making
Leaping lines
Resource NGV Collection
Writing about war inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Weeping Woman, 1937
Resource NGV Collection
Education and myth in ancient Greece
Resource NGV Collection
Life and power in ancient Rome
Resource NGV Collection
Investigating ancient Egypt
Resource NGV Collection
Short-form poetry with Kim Hoa Tram’s Pine with cranes dancing in the snow, dance in motion, 2000
Resource NGV Collection
Creative writing and effective interviewing inspired by William Quiller Orchardson’s The First Cloud, 1887
Resource Exhibition
Japanese Modernism: Exhibition Fact Sheet
Resource NGV Collection
Exhibiting Artworks at the NGV
Resource NGV Collection
Colony to Nation
Resource EAL NGV Collection
Art and History: Colony to Nation Federation
Resource NGV Collection
Colony to Nation Changes to Australia’s Environment
Resource NGV Collection
Colony to Nation Immigration
Resource NGV Collection
Colony to Nation First Contact
Resource Art Making Exhibition
Graphic portraits
Resource Art Making
Everyday moments
Resource Exhibition
Accessory design
Resource NGV Collection
Japanese vocabulary skills with Noh Theatre costumes and characters
Resource NGV Collection
Descriptive writing inspired by John Brack’s Collins St, 5p.m.
Resource NGV Collection
Analysing Historical Sources from the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Creativity at Home
Resource Art Making
Composite creatures
Resource NGV Collection
Figurative flora print
Resource
End of school day, 3p.m.
Resource NGV Collection
Poster design for change
Resource NGV Collection
The Australian landscape
Resource Exhibition
Destiny Deacon
Resource Exhibition
KAWS
Resource Exhibition
Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat
Resource NGV Collection
Art Start
Resource
Collection Stories
Resource Exhibition
Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou
Resource Art Making
Suburban collages
Resource Art Making
Obscured figures
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Pop art portraits
Resource
Emotions in art
Resource
Expressive skies
Resource Art Making
Magical masks
Resource NGV Collection
Dramatic animal painting
Resource Art Making
Tissue collage
Resource NGV Collection
Make your mark
Resource
Abstraction action
Resource Art Making
Designers and builders: Great art ideas for teachers, inspired by the Memphis Design Group
Resource Art Making
Decorative blue and white porcelain paintings
Resource NGV Collection
Draw like an Egyptian
Resource
Distorted cities
Resource Art Making
Digital Creatives: Keith Haring’s Digital Dance Club
Resource
Decorative pots
Resource Exhibition
Digital Creatives: Exploding Coding
Resource Exhibition
Alexander Calder
Resource Exhibition
Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
Resource Exhibition
Digital Creatives: Tessellate by code
Resource Exhibition
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds – Teacher Resource
Resource Exhibition
Discover MoMA
Resource Exhibition
Discover MoMA
Resource Exhibition
Discover MoMA: Art Industry Contexts
Resource Art Making
Digital Creatives: Creative Control
Resource Exhibition
Colony
Resource Exhibition
Bern Emmerichs: A is for Australia
Resource Exhibition
Meet the Artists & Designers: NGV Triennial 2017
Resource NGV Collection
Hour of Code 2017: Van Gogh
Resource Exhibition
Hokusai
Resource Exhibition
Van Gogh and the Seasons – French Language Learning Resources
Resource Exhibition
Van Gogh and the Seasons
Resource NGV Collection
VCE Literature: Literary Perspectives
Resource Art Making Exhibition
Creative Educators: Block Printing with handmadelife – eBook Resource
Resource NGV Collection
Creative Responses to Love: Art of Emotion 1400–1800
Resource Exhibition
John Olsen: The You Beaut Country – Educational eBook Resource
Resource NGV Collection
Hour of Code 2016: Put your smile on your dial
Resource Exhibition
Hermansburg Potters: Indigenous Art, Football and Community Education Resource
Resource Exhibition
Behind the Scenes at the NGV
Resource Exhibition
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Melbourne Activities
Resource NGV Collection
Landscape and Environment Activities
Resource NGV Collection
Identity Activities
Resource NGV Collection
Art Activities – Explore the NGV
Resource NGV Collection
Art Activities – Explore Art
Resource
Worksheets
Resource NGV Collection
Bridget Riley
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
Pablo Picasso
Resource NGV Collection
Kim Hoa Tram
Resource NGV Collection
August Friedrich Schenck
Resource NGV Collection
Howard Hodgkin
Resource NGV Collection
Grace Cossington Smith
Resource NGV Collection
Ron Mueck
Resource NGV Collection
Patricia Piccinini
Resource NGV Collection
Egyptian
Resource NGV Collection
Albrecht Dürer
Resource NGV Collection
Andy Warhol
Resource NGV Collection
Donald Judd
Resource NGV Collection
Frank O. Gehry
Resource NGV Collection
Giambattista Tiepolo
Resource NGV Collection
Art Start: Image Bank
Resource Art Making NGV Collection
John Brack
Resource
Mount Kosciusko
Resource Exhibition
Weatherboard Creek Falls
Resource
Background
Resource Exhibition NGV Collection
Language Resource for students of Japanese
Resource Exhibition
Monet’s Garden
Resource Exhibition
Eugene von Guérard
Resource Exhibition
Howard Arkley
Resource Exhibition NGV Collection
John Brack
Resource Exhibition NGV Collection
Gordon Bennett
Resource Exhibition
Art Deco
Resource Exhibition
Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules
Resource Exhibition
Remembering Barak
Resource Exhibition
Rosalie Gascoigne
Resource Exhibition NGV Collection
Gallery Ark
Resource Exhibition
Salvador Dali
Resource NGV Collection
Asian Art Resource

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SUBSIDISED PROGRAMS

School Support

Our School Support Programs offer Victorian schools who otherwise would not have the opportunity to visit the Gallery, free access to NGV exhibitions and learning programs, free or subsidised transport, and learning resources.

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Top Arts Hub

Explore current and past Top Arts exhibitions featuring the creative process of students for inspiration and insights into their work.

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