Scout Programming
Bring your scout group to GRAM for an enriching, unique experience while earning scout badge requirements.
The Learning and Creativity staff invites troops of all levels to explore our collection of paintings, sculpture, and more through programming specifically designed for their needs. Each program is led by highly trained staff and docents, and will involve time in the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions, and GRAM Studio.
Upcoming Scout Events
Pricing
$5
Free
$7
$4
$1.50
Scheduling
Programs last 90 minutes each. All programs can be scheduled during regular Museum hours.
Troop visits must be scheduled at least three weeks prior to desired date. To schedule a visit, please contact Kristen Hoeker, Group Experience Manager, at khoeker@artmuseumgr.org or 616.831.2930.
Extras
If your group would like a space to eat lunch or a snack before or after the program, a space can be reserved free of charge. Additionally, your group can enjoy a self-guided tour of the Museum after their program for no extra charge. Please make these requests when scheduling your program.
Virtual Scout Programs
Virtual Scout Programs are available. Contact Kristen Hoeker at khoeker@artmuseumgr.org for more information.
Girl Scout Program Themes
Click each of the program themes to learn more.
Daisy Girl Scouts use GRAM’s exhibitions as their inspiration to create nature-inspired works of art! Play games, have a dance party, and create several projects in GRAM Studio with Learning and Creativity staff guiding all activities.
Brownie Girl Scouts explore color, lines, texture, and shapes throughout the Museum galleries as they discover secrets behind several works of art. Using this inspiration, they’ll create several paintings of their own in the studio, including several mood paintings and a silly, no-brush work of art.
Junior Girl Scouts begin by discovering techniques and hidden messages within drawings in the Museum’s exhibitions. After playing several games in the galleries, troops head to the studio to create their own variety of drawings to develop an art exhibition of their own.
Cadette Girl Scouts channel their inner comic book heroes and villains as they create their own comic strip story and drawings! Using GRAM’s exhibitions as their inspiration, they’ll design characters, settings, and narratives with the assistance of the Learning and Creativity staff.
Boy and Cub Scout Program Themes
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Tiger Cub Scouts begin by playing a safari game inside of the Museum, hunting for art treasures in the galleries! Along the way Scouts uncover hidden shapes, play line movement games, and decode the meaning behind colors. Using this inspiration, Scouts create their own masterpiece on canvas in GRAM Studio to take home.
Wolf Cub Scouts explore GRAM’s galleries with a unique tour that examines the works of art and what it takes to care for and display the Museum’s collection. Afterwards, Scouts create a special collection of their own in GRAM Studio.
Bear Cub Scouts discover a special form of art — music! The Scouts explore music and sound in GRAM’s collection, and discover paintings that create the feeling of music and movement. After the tour, Bear Cub Scouts create several instrument-inspired masterpieces in GRAM Studio.
Webelo Cub Scouts go on a unique tour through GRAM’s exhibitions in search of secrets hidden within the art. After completing the game, Scouts make portraits, create a unique sculpture, paint on canvas, and even try printmaking in GRAM Studio.
Boy Scouts begin by discussing the importance of art and its different mediums with a docent guide in GRAM’s exhibitions. After discovering various elements of art in the Museum galleries, the Boy Scouts create several works of art in different mediums including an oil painting and charcoal sketches.