Experience the BMI in Your Classroom
If you are not able to visit in-person, the BMI can bring the museum to you with a guided activity. A museum educator will visit your classroom with all of the necessary supplies so kids can experience the best parts of the BMI’s on-site programs.
Our outreach programs are available for student groups of 15 or more. Please see our activity options below.
To learn more about our educational programs click here.
Questions? Please email tours@thebmi.org or call 410-727-4808 ext. 117
Farm to Factory
In this classroom-visit program, students are encouraged to think about the different types of work involved in the process of preparing, preserving, and providing food for communities. Students explore primary source images through an interactive discussion, assemble their own vegetable can, and design a label.
COST: $8.50/student with an additional mileage travel fee for the museum educator.
GRADE: 2nd-8th
LENGTH: 1 hour
Lights On
Students explore the use of light as a communication method in this hands-on STEM program. They make real-world connections with artifacts throughout the museum to see how light and sound have been used historically to communicate. Students then test their knowledge by building their own light communication device.
COST: $10.00/student with an additional mileage travel fee for the museum educator.
GRADE: 1st-2nd
LENGTH: 1 hour
Design It!
Young engineers learn the basics of experimentation, observation, and design. Choose one of the projects below, or book more than one session!
Balls and Tracks: Build and test model roller coasters
Wiring: Use custom circuit boards to learn the basics of electricity
Bridges: Experiment with different paper bridge designs
COST: $8.50/student with additional mileage travel fee for the museum educator.
GRADE LEVEL: 2nd-8th
LENGTH: 1 hour
Kids’ Motorworks
Learn how assembly lines revolutionized American factories and jump-started the era of mass consumption. Students take a job on the line and work together to build paper model cars to take home.
COST: $9.00/student with an additional mileage travel fee for the museum educator.
GRADE LEVEL: 2nd-8th
LENGTH: 1 hour
Little Gears
In this hands-on activity, students will learn about an industry important to Baltimore and participate in a craft, story, and visit to a gallery related to that industry. Choose one of the three options below, or book more than one hour-long session!
Hats Off to You: Explore our garment loft and learn how hats were made
Extra! Extra!: Use an antique printing press and stamp your own newspaper
Put a Lid on It: Decorate and fill a can while learning about grocery stores
COST: $7.00/student with an additional mileage travel fee for the museum educator.
GRADE LEVEL: PreK-K
LENGTH: 1 hour per session
Photo courtesy of Young Audiences Arts for Learning Maryland