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Welcome to Imagine Notes. This guide has been developed for your children by Imagination Celebration Fort Worth and the members of ArtsCorp in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum and the Amon Carter Museum.

Imagine Notes contains:
Letter to Parents
Museum Etiquette
Map of the Cultural District
What makes a museum different?
Artlinks - A Matching Activity
Behing the scenes at the museum
Three images and related questions



Letter to Parents

Dear Parents,

Your child has just visited one of the art museums in Fort Worth's Cultural District: The Amon Carter Museum, The Kimbell Art Museum, or The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. On this visit, your child saw interesting architecture and learned about different works of art found in that museum. Your child had a chance to respond to the works both at the museums and at school. This guide will help you and your child learn about what goes on behind the scenes at a museum. You will also find out about the jobs of people who work in the museums and about how a work of art might become part of a museum collection.

Please spend some time sharing the pages of this booklet with your child. Then let your child be your guide when your family visits the art museums in Fort Worth's Cultural District.

See you in the museums!

Museum Etiquette

A museum is a very special place, a home for rare and priceless works of art. In order to protect these works of art so people can see them years from now museums ask visitors to be extra careful.

In order observe the art works without harming them remember these guidelines on your museum visit:

Stay at least an arm's length away from the works of art. Some people like to fold their arms or put their hands behind their backs to help them remember.

Never point at the paintings, sculptures or other works or try to touch them!

Walk respectfully in a museum. Never run.

Talk in quiet tones in order not to disturb other museum visitors. You may always of course ask questions of your teacher or tour guide.

Just enjoy the museum and leave your camera at home during your field trip. Museums have rules about using cameras inside. For example at the Kimbell Museum there is no flash photography allowed in special exhibits.

Leave your backpack or large purse at school during your museum tour. Bulky objects slung over your shoulder might bump a work of art and damage it.