Teacher Workshops

Enhance your curriculum with fresh new ideas and integrate the Museum into your classroom. Our exciting workshops combine historical content with innovative classroom applications.

Workshops are open to all teachers, but enrollment is limited.  Workshops are free for teachers in the Birmingham, Jefferson County, Vestavia, Mountain Brook, Shelby County and Hoover school systems, and $15 for all other teachers.

Register today by emailing Lauren Williams at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Upcoming Workshops:

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery

Saturday, September 19, 2009
8:15am-1pm

*NOTE: This is a repeat of the March 7, 2009 workshop.

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. They are listed among the "unalienable rights" of man but what do they mean to American art? Explore how these important American ideas can be used in the K-12 curricula.

Related Exhibition: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery (October 4, 2009 - January 10, 2010) and Museum permanent collection