Public Education

The Clark is a very special place for adults and children, educators and students. If you want to see just how special the Clark is, please take a look through some of the information on the next few pages. We hope what you will find here will encourage you to pay us a visit.

The Education Department at the Clark offers programs designed to encourage a wide range of audiences to explore, understand, and enjoy the Clark's collections in particular and the visual arts in general. These programs are very popular, with over six thousand students from New England and New York visiting the galleries every year.

Teachers and other group leaders can arrange gallery talks for their classes on a variety of themes and subjects. These talks can be quite general, or alternatively, they can be specifically designed to concentrate on a particular area of the school curriculum. Schools groups able to make the round-trip journey by bus or car in one day can apply for reimbursement to help with transportation costs. More details of interest to teachers and group leaders can be found on our Educators' page.

Children visiting our website can learn more about the Clark–and try out a number of interactive activities–on our ClarKids' pages. Parents will find information about visiting the Clark with children on the Parents' page. Clark sponsorship also helps to make Kidspace@MASS MoCA programs possible.

If you have any questions or comments, we'd like to hear from you. You can contact us by e-mail at The Education Department or call 413 458 0563. Educators wishing to arrange a school group visit should fill out this form.