Primary School & After-School Programs

HONORÉ DAUMIER

With a sharp pen and a great deal of humor, the magnificent Honoré Daumier held up a mirror to his surroundings in the 19th century, denouncing abuses of power and social injustices. His relentless criticism repeatedly brought him into conflict with the censors. He even went to prison for the freedom of art.
 
In addition to numerous lithographs and drawings, the exhibition also features Daumier's famous paintings and sculptures, as well as an animated film of his works, with music by none other than Paul and Linda McCartney.

Honoré Daumier drew people and everyday situations in a humorous and fascinating way. We analyze his pictures and explore how to turn a figure into a caricature. Other topics covered in the interactive tour include how people lived in Paris 200 years ago and the different forms of government that exist.

In the 30-minute studio section, the children create a crazy fruit head, and in the 60-minute workshop, they create a folding picture using watercolor techniques.

FASCINATION PAPER

The ALBERTINA houses one of the world's largest collections of art on paper—from drawings and prints to watercolors. In 2026, it will celebrate its 250th anniversary: a perfect occasion to present this unique treasure from 600 years of art history in a major exhibition.

Paper is full of surprises! During the exhibition tour, students will discover how versatile this everyday material can be: mysterious drawings, oversized plans, objects that grow into the space, foldable clocks, and playful figures puzzle us and amaze us. Together, we will embark on a journey through the centuries – there is so much to discover! 

In the 30-minute studio section, an imaginative pop-up picture is created. In the 1-hour workshop, the children design magnificent initials.

THE BATLINER COLLECTION

unites the most beautiful works of classical modernism. In age-appropriate and richly varied ways, we investigate that era’s most famous artists together with the participating students. Numerous materials to touch and try out invite our young guests to join in and engage actively.

Choose from the following themes:

Landscapes
In this interactive and participatory tour, students explore all kinds of landscapes—from oceans to mountains and from gardens to cities. Along the way, they see works by Monet, Munch, Picasso, and a number of other classical modernist masters. In the 30-minute workshop, we draw landscapes inspired by outtakes of photographs. In the 60-minute workshop, we mix our own landscape colors and paint with them.

Portraiture
These days, even primary school kids know what selfies and filters are—and in this tour, we examine how modernist painters went about depicting faces. What stories do they tell? In the 30-minute workshop, we draw portraits using wax crayons. In the 60-minute workshop, we use gouache to try our hands at painting like Picasso & Co.

Still Lifes
Behind every painting lies a well-considered composition—and with this in mind, we take a deeper look at colors and shapes while also discussing terms like “in front” and “behind” in light of still lifes. In the 30-minute workshop, the kids put together their own arrangements of different objects and sketch them with pencils or oil pastels. In the 60-minute workshop, they then have time to turn these sketches into colorful gouache paintings.

Sculpture
Here, we enter the realm of sculpture and other artworks that can be walked around and viewed from all sides. What works of this kind can be found at the ALBERTINA Museum? How were they made? And what’s the difference between additive and reductive sculpture?
In the 30-minute workshop, each child creates a fantasy figure out of cardboard. In the 60-minute workshop, they create sculptures from clay.

The Four Seasons
An age-appropriate model explains how seasons come about—and artworks show us ways in which the four seasons can be depicted. In the 30-minute workshop at the studio, we draw pictures of the seasons using chalk. The 60-minute workshop has each participant create a three-dimensional “tree of the four seasons.”

Fire, Water, Earth, Air
We set out in search of the four elements and place sensory experience front and center in this participatory tour, which activates our senses of sight, smell, hearing, and touch as well as the joy of looking closely at how fire, water, earth, and air can be portrayed. The 30-minute and 60-minute workshop variants both see us create colorful pictures featuring the elements; in the latter, we then add to these pictures using a stamp technique.

Writing Workshop
Paintings inspire stories! This workshop gives kids an opportunity to get inspired and make up stories to go along with one or more of the works they see. They put these stories to paper without having to worry about spelling or grammar, and we finish by reading our stories out loud. The entire workshop is held in front of the original works in the exhibition and lasts either 90 or 120 minutes.

Using Art to Address Conflict
Conflict is part of life! Here, we discuss artworks shown at the ALBERTINA Museum while analyzing how conflicts arise and can be dealt with. In the 30-minute workshop, we work as a team to create a newspaper sculpture. In the 60-minute workshop, a guided painting action lets us consciously experience group dynamics and how they change depending on shared rules.

Painting and Music. Pictures at an Exhibition
In this tour, participants hear Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (in the orchestral version by Maurice Ravel) as they view the exhibited works. With nearly all of the paintings that originally inspired Mussorgsky’s melodies and themes now lost, the workshop then lets the kids provide this music with new images of their own. In the 30-minute variant, we use dry media to translate notes into colors and shapes. In the 60-minute variant, we do the same with wet media.
This themed exhibition was created in cooperation with the Wiener Symphoniker.

Sun, light, lantern                 

In this age-appropriate tour, we explore the light in the paintings in the Monet to Picasso exhibition. Where does light come from? Can light be captured? How do you paint it? What effect does light have? The themed tour can only be combined with a 60-minute workshop. Kindergarten children make a sun, pre-school and primary school children take home a self-made lantern.

PRICES & DURATION

Admission | Free

Tour fee per participating class member:

Please note that the tour time also includes associated procedures, such as handing in the wardrobe together.

Prices include VAT. | Teachers and accompanying adults (max. 2 per class/group) visit the exhibition for free and bear responsibility for the participating minors while at the museum. | School classes with more than 15 students will be divided.

All themed tours are also available in English, Italian, French, and Spanish; please indicate your choice of language on the inquiry form. These guided tours are wheelchair-accessible, and we warmly welcome classes with and for students with disabilities.

Reservation Inquiries & Contact Information

ALBERTINA Museum Art Education Department
Weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at T: +43 1 534 83 540
or E:

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After booking your date, please send the ALBERTINA Museum Art Education Department a list of the participants’ first names: Download form for name list (German)