Guided Tours
Our trained docents can focus a tour around a particular exhibition, geared toward topics covered in your curricula or provide a general tour of the Museum. Guided tours are offered throughout the week, during normal hours of operation: Tuesdays – Fridays, 9:30 – 5:00pm. Tours can last anywhere between 30 minutes and one hour, depending on your time frame.

Self-guided Tours
If you would like to bring your class or group in for a Museum visit, and wish to tour the galleries without a docent, a call to the Museum will suffice. Please let the desk receptionist know when you are coming and how many students will be in attendance. Please remember to review the tour size and chaperone guidelines.

How to Schedule a Museum Tour
To request a tour of the Museum, please complete the Tour Request Form, including your chosen school tour topic. Either mail or fax to TOURS, c/o Massillon Museum (see General Information). Requests must be received at least 2 weeks in advance of the date you wish to tour (3 weeks prior for Art+History activities). You receive confirmation by the method requested on your registration form.

Tour Confirmation and Fee
A confirmation with date, time and tour topic will be mailed or emailed to you. If applicable, an invoice will be included. Please include invoice with payment. Payment is due on or before the tour date. Checks only, please.

Art+History
An exhibition related hands-on activity can be arranged through the Education Department to enhance your tour and visit to the Massillon Museum.

-A $45 fee is required for every 15 students to cover expenses. The Massillon Museum provides the teachers for these activities.

-If you wish to provide your own teachers, there is a reduced fee of $25 for every 15 students to cover expenses.

-A pottery or art demonstration can also be given in place of a hands-on activity. Charge is $45 for every 15 students.

Sign up for your Art+History activity on the Tour Request Form. The Tour Coordinator will contact you as to the availability of the classrooms.

For questions about the activity, contact Alex Nicholis: anicholis@massillonmuseum.org.

Before your visit
Review Museum policies:
-No backpacks, radios, food or drink are permitted in the Museum galleries. Cell phones should be powered off before a tour.

-Photography in the main gallery and Studio M gallery is not allowed. Please ask permission from a staff member before taking photographs in the second floor galleries.

-Carry notebooks in which to write or draw with pencils only, no pens allowed.

-Keep voices at a moderate level.

-The maximum number of people per docent is 25. All tour groups must be accompanied by one adult chaperone (18 and older) for every 10 students. The Massillon Museum is handicap accessible.

-Do not touch artwork or objects in the Museum exhibits, or lean against walls or Museum cases in the galleries.