{"id":13875,"date":"2020-05-26T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=13875"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:41:50","slug":"learn-explore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn &#038; Explore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The museum\u2019s collections, exhibitions, and program of events and activities are central to the cultural and intellectual life of Bates, the surrounding communities, and the region. We offer a variety of resources and services for educators, students, community organizations, and the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/Cropped_events.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/Cropped_events.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/Cropped_events-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/Cropped_events-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/Cropped_events-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/events\/\">Explore our Events<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-900x900.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-900x900.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq-628x628.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2022\/03\/jDETmV0MIss1NGzq.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/faculty-resources\/\">Faculty Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/student-resources\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_students.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah Gottleib \u201916 of Brookline, Mass., leads a printmaking program she organized for 15 schoolchildren and their families. After looking at prints in the Bates Museum of Art, they used tools like broccoli and bubble wrap to create their own art at the Benjamin Mays Center. Gottlieb is a history major and museum education intern. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" class=\"wp-image-13910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_students.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_students-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_students-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/student-resources\/\">Student Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-900x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_K12.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/k12-and-homeschooler-resources\">K-12 &amp; Homeschooler Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-900x900.jpg\" alt=\"Olin Arts Center\n\nCommunity members, students, and staff attend a life drawing class.\" class=\"wp-image-13913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/05\/cropped_community.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/learn-explore\/general-public-community\/\">General Public &amp; Community Organization Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-900x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2020\/06\/Database-Front-Page.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/collections\/\">Access our Collection Database Resource<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The museum\u2019s collections, exhibitions, and program of events and activities are central&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1736,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13875"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21820,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13875\/revisions\/21820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}