K-12

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Education for K–12 Schools and Youth Groups

K–12 Group Visits

Group Visits offer a great opportunity to make the museum your classroom and explore at your own pace.

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K–12 Programs

Peabody Museum programs are delivered by a museum educator from the galleries. Selected programs are offered both in-person and virtually. All programs are curriculum-based and aligned with MA frameworks.

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Reservations for In-Person and Virtual Programs

"A great collection. Very relevant to our curriculum."
—10th grade teacher, Brookline High School

Reservations for virtual and in-person programs for the 2026–2027 school year at the Peabody Museum and the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East will open June 1. We look forward to teaching your students through personalized live-streaming and in-person experiences that involve close looking and exposure to the museum collections. To learn more about the museum's programs and self-guided exploration within the galleries, please review our offerings and download materials via the menu.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Reservations at 617-495-3216 or PMAEreserve@hmsc.harvard.edu.

In-Person Programs

  • Reserved just for your class
  • Encourage questions and discussion
  • Needy schools are eligible for significant fee waivers of 85%. Cambridge public schools are always free.
  • Includes admission to all galleries of the Peabody Museum and the connected Harvard Museum of Natural History
  • Reservations are required

Virtual Programs

  • Livestreamed
  • Reserved just for your class
  • Encourage questions and discussion
  • Include a free pre-program phone call to work on specifics, a page of online teacher resources to use as homework or to build lessons around,
  • Are cheaper per student than in-person programs
  • Needy schools are eligible for fee waivers of 85%. Cambridge public schools are always free.
  • Reservations are required