Ancient World Mobile: Early World Cultures (6th Grade)
LACMA’s Ancient World Mobile, a 48-foot truck designed as a traveling classroom, is ready to visit your school campus and 6th grade history classrooms this year! During our visit, students will examine real objects from LACMA’s collection while learning about the cultures and traditions of Early World Cultures! This in-person program conducts classes for all 6th-grade classes at the school (including magnet and SDC), and will stay in residence anywhere from one week to one month depending on size of school enrollment.
Applications are received on a rolling basis. In order to have the Ancient World Mobile at your school, we require a space within the school’s campus that is at least 60 × 20 feet with a vertical clearance of 15 feet, on solid ground. Applicants will also be required to provide a copy of your school’s campus map, bell schedule, and a roster of teachers that teach 6th-grade history/social studies. Program availability is contingent upon state, L.A. County, and local school district COVID-19 guidelines at that time. This in-person program is free for any Title 1 school located in Los Angeles County.
Check out our teacher resource guide and free online course for a sample of the curriculum.
Apply here to request the Ancient World Mobile at your school during the 2023–24 academic year.
For any schools/classes unable to do our in-person programming for any reason, we are taking rolling applications here to visit your classroom via Zoom!
Maya Mobile: Art of the Ancestral Americas (7th Grade)
LACMA’s Maya Mobile, a 48-foot truck designed as a traveling archeological site, is available to visit your campus and 7th-grade history classrooms this year! During our visit, students will explore objects from LACMA’s Art of the Ancient Americas collection while learning about cultures, communities, food, and music of the Ancestral Americas. This in-person program conducts classes for all 7th-grade classes at the school (including magnet and SDC), and will stay in residence anywhere from one week to one month depending on size of school enrollment.
Applications are received on a rolling basis. In order to have the Maya Mobile at your school, we require a space within the school’s campus that is at least 60 × 20 feet with a vertical clearance of 15 feet, on solid ground. Applicants will also be required to provide a copy of your school’s campus map, bell schedule, and a roster of teachers that teach 7th-grade history/social studies. Program availability is contingent upon state, L.A. County, and local school district COVID-19 guidelines at that time. This in-person program is free for any Title 1 school located in Los Angeles County.
Check out our teacher resource guide and free online course for a sample of the curriculum.
Apply here to request the Maya Mobile at your school during the 2023–24 academic year.
For any schools/classes unable to do our in-person programming for any reason, we are taking rolling applications here to visit your classroom via Zoom!
Virtual Mobile Program
LACMA's Mobile Program offers virtual workshops for 6th and 7th grade history and social studies classrooms. During these two-day virtual visits facilitated through Zoom and Mentimeter, educators lead students in close-looking sessions with innovative 3D models of real objects in LACMA’s collection, followed by art-making sessions using readily-accessible materials.
Apply here to request our Virtual Program in your classroom during the 2023–24 academic year.
Ancient World Mobile: Early World Cultures and Maya Mobile: Art of the Ancestral Americas programs are made possible by a generous grant from the Max H. Gluck Foundation.
