Free Benefits for Educators
Educators receive special benefits at the Peabody Museum, including:
- An opportunity to preview the museum when it is open to the public without your students. Enjoy one free admission per AFT or MTA member card or school ID for K–12 teachers working in Massachusetts schools. This offer does not apply to scheduled group visits
- Resources for teachers (below) and resources for students
- Access to multimedia, videos, and lectures related to featured educational programs and current exhibitions of interest to teachers and students
- Collections Online is a library of the museum’s collections, including what is on view and what is behind-the-scenes
- Watch the Peabody Museum Pre-Visit Video
- Many free lectures and programs. For details see the Calendar of Events
Resources to Support Museum Classes and Self-Guided Visits
If you need access to an accessible PDF or have questions about access, please email faith_sutter@harvard.edu with the name of the file.
- Day of the Dead/El Día de los Muertos Information Sheet (PDF)
- Day of the Dead/El Día de los Muertos Information Sheet [text]
- Day of the Dead Interactive Altar
- Day of the Dead Worksheet (PDF)
- Day of the Dead Worksheet (Spanish) (PDF)
- Day of the Dead Make a Skull Mask Activity (PDF)
- Day of the Dead Papel Picado (Cut Paper Banner) Activity (PDF)
- Day of the Dead Cempsúchil Flower Activity (PDF)
- Day of the Dead Color a Candelabra (PDF)
- Foragers to Farmers Teacher Resources
- Igloos to Adobe Digital Resources
- Igloos to Adobe Exhibit Extras (PDF)
- Mesopotamian Monuments Teacher Resources (from our partner museum, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East)
- Mesopotamian Monuments Field Notes (from our partner museum, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East) (PDF)
- Peabody Museum and Harvard Museum of Natural History Floor Plan (PDF)
- Read with Raven Digital Resources
- Read with Raven Worksheet (PDF)
- Read with Raven Worksheet Teacher Key (PDF)