Learning Tours and Workshops

About our sessions:

Our tours and workshops bring art history and The Courtauld Collection to life through lively discussion, the development of close looking skills and practical art activities delivered by specialist educators. They can build confidence in your students to share their thoughts and ideas both verbally and visually.

  • Free of charge to UK State Schools and Colleges
  • Prices for Independent Schools and Colleges, and HE groups are available here
  • Available for Y3 students upwards
  • Choose from a range of themes
  • Four weeks’ notice required
  • We are unable to provide a lunch space

Gallery Workshops

Gallery Workshops are available on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10.30 – 12.30 and 13.30 – 15.30.

A class of 30 students will be split into two groups, each led by a Gallery Educator. If you would like to visit the Gallery with multiple classes which total more than 30 students, they will need to be split across morning and afternoon sessions on the same day, or two or more visits.

Workshops are up to two hours long, but can be shortened to suit your timetable or year-group. They take place in the Gallery and might include focused activity in the Leon Kossoff Learning Centre.

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Painted self-portrait of Van Gogh i Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Object id P.1948.SC.175, NP195.

Gallery Tours

Gallery Tours are available on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday starting from 10.30.

A class of 30 students will be split into two groups, each led by a Gallery Educator. If you would like to visit the Gallery with multiple classes which total more than 30 students, they will need to be split across morning and afternoon sessions on the same day, or two or more visits.

Tours are up to one hour long and are based in the Gallery.

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painting of a rural landscape with some peach trees in blossom i Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Peach Trees in Blossom, 1889 The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

Online Workshops

Online Workshops are available from Monday to Friday.

The maximum group size is 30 students per Gallery Educator.
We can offer online workshops for multiple classes, subject to our Educators’ availability. Sessions may be delivered concurrently by two or more Educators if they are available, or by one Educator with the sessions split across the morning and afternoon, or over several dates.

Once your booking has been confirmed, our Educator will arrange a date prior to the workshop to test the online connection to your classroom. They will also send a list of simple materials that you will need to have ready for your session.

We recommend a maximum time of 1 hour for Primary groups, and 90 minutes for Secondary. Break times can be accommodated.

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i Edgar Degas, Two Dancers on a Stage, 1874, oil on canvas, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

Workshops in your School, College or Centre

Visits to your school, college or centre are available from Monday to Friday.

We can only offer visits within the Greater London area as part of this programme. Information about our National Partners Schools Programme is here.

The maximum group size is 30 students per Gallery Educator.
We can offer workshops for multiple classes subject to our Educators’ availability, with sessions delivered by an Educator across the morning and afternoon, or over several dates.

Prior to their visit, our Educator will send you a list of simple materials they would like to be used in the session.

Workshops are up to two hours long, but can be shortened to suit your timetable or year-group. Break times can be accommodated.

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A painting, using the classic pointillist technique of lots of tiny dots of colour made up to reveal a bigger picture, of a woman, wearing a corset and skirt, powdering her face while seated in front of a small table and mirror. In the top corner there is a frame, with a vase of flowers painted in. i Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Young Woman Powdering Herself, around 1888-90, oil paint on canvas, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

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