
Summer Writing Workshop
Writing in Action: Crafting Fiction from the Ground Up Dates: Fridays, July 25 – September
The Education Department at the Haggin Museum offers compelling programs that educate, inspire, and engage audiences of all ages. Programming includes docent-led tours, workshops, gallery talks, lectures, musical performances, and festivals.
The Haggin Museum Kids Adventure Packs are filled with art and history activities for kids ages 2-5 and 6 and above. Each educational pack has everything your little explorers need for a self-guided museum adventure, including five activity cards, sensory toys, sketching supplies, and a museum-themed book. Stop by the Visitor Services Desk to check out a pack.
Go on an adventure through the Museum! Follow the clues in this guide through the history and art galleries to track down characters, places, and objects in art and Stockton history.
Explore the “Main Street” of a typical California town at the turn of the last century. Find artifacts in each display and learn about the rich history of Stockton and the Central Valley during the early 1900s.
Visitors seeking a more in-depth exploration of their health can utilize one of Haggin’s new Wellness Tours. These self-guided tours are designed to facilitate viewing the museum’s art & history collection through the lens of emotions one may be experiencing, or striving for, during their visit. Each stop along the tour prompts the visitor to dig deeper and reflect upon the art or artifact and themselves.
On the 2nd Saturday of each month, we hold a hands-on event for families with children ages 5-12. Activities include art projects, interactive programs and Museum-wide events. Reservations are not required, but seating is available on a first come, first served basis. The Museum supplies all materials and activities are included with regular Museum admission.
Contact the education department (209) 940-6315 or [email protected] for more information.
Visit our events page for a listing of 2nd Saturday classes.
Writing in Action: Crafting Fiction from the Ground Up Dates: Fridays, July 25 – September
Get creative at the Haggin! 2nd Saturday events are designed for children ages 5-12, and
Get creative at the Haggin! 2nd Saturday events are designed for children ages 5-12, and
Session 1: July 8 – 11 | Session 2: July 15 – 18 Young artists,
2nd Saturdays for Families has been a long running and very popular program held each month by the Haggin Museum’s Education Department. They are hands-on events for families with children ages 5-12. Activities include art projects and interactive programs.
We are excited to invite you to participate in 2nd Saturdays for Families At Home. You will find that most of the projects can be completed with simple supplies that you have around the house. For your convenience, downloadable instructions for each project are available below. HAVE FUN!
For your entertainment, we have converted a few paintings from our Collection into coloring pages. Please feel free to download the pages and enjoy. We hope you will come to see the paintings in person. In the meantime, if you’re on social media we would love to see your creations and don’t forget #HagginMuseum.
Docent-led tours feature themes that have been developed in conjunction with grade-appropriate curriculum content. They unite exhibits in both the art and history galleries under big ideas while accommodating student interests.
Tours with other themes may be requested when booking your tour. Just ask the Education Assistant when you call to make arrangements.
This interactive tour for children from preschool to 1st grade introduces little ones to the museum and uses a variety of activities to engage young viewers. It is suitable for one class of 20—30 children at a time. The one-hour tour includes:
Museum Docents come to your classroom and present an engaging digital slide show. Choose between three programs: California Indians, a General Introduction to the Museum, or All Star Artists at the Haggin Museum. Suitable for any age, these presentations can be made to any size group.
Docents introduce the theme of horses in art using images from the Haggin Collection and other museums. Then they lead an interactive discussion making connections between time periods and cultures and the students’ own experiences. The program concludes with a drawing lesson.
Docents present a digital slide show and conduct an interactive discussion about the depiction of young people, their families, friends, and feelings in art. Additionally, the class creates an expressive self-portrait.
History’s Mysteries is presented by Docents in your classroom or after-school program. Students learn about California history using objects circa 1900 and relating them to items used today. The program was used direct observation, a game and activity.
Making Space explores how artists create the illusion of space in art with a digital slide show and conversation. Students learn how technique contributes to the meaning of the art and use their understanding of pictorial space to create landscape drawings of their own.
Are you a teacher or parent looking for a fun and educational activity for your kids? Haggin Museum has made one of our popular Museums2Schools programs available for educators to utilize in the classroom or at home. Making Space: How Artists Create the Illusion of Place is a 30-minute to one-hour virtual workshop where students become familiar with landscape painting through exposure to art from the Haggin Museum’s core collection. The course also explores the concept of pictorial space and the techniques artists use to create the illusion of space.
If you are interested in booking a tour or program, please fill out the Request Form in its entirety at least three weeks in advance of your desired date. During certain times of the year, tours are in high demand and availability may be limited. Request forms will be processed in the order they are received, and it make take up to 2 business weeks for your request to receive a response. If you have any questions, please contact the Education Department at (209) 940-6332.
We can accommodate up to 60 children per one-hour tour at the museum. If your group is larger than that, we will make arrangements for additional tours. Plan to bring at least one adult per 10 children for your tour. The tour group may only be in the building during the hour booked for the tour. We do not have room to accommodate waiting groups inside the museum.
Haggin Museum docents provide a valuable service on behalf of the museum by leading tours, guiding visitors on the weekends, leading programs in school classrooms, helping with special events, and much more.
Participation in the Docent Program at the Haggin provides opportunities for continuing education and personal growth through field trips, training, tours, guest lectures, and a variety of social events. As a part of the team at a world-class museum, docents build a supportive community of colleagues and friends as they give back to the community through education.
The Haggin Museum Education Department is proud to serve our community with trained volunteer docents who provide free museum tours and school site programs. On occasion, we welcome high school and college volunteers to help with family programs and workshops.
Participants must become museum members and pay a materials fee for each training course. Docent Training, art and history combined, is approximately 20 weeks. The weekly classes meet on Tuesdays at the Haggin Museum. Please contact the Education Department at (209) 940-6315 or [email protected] for more information.
Docent Training begins summer 2025.
Victory Park – Stockton
1201 N. Pershing Ave
Stockton, CA 95203
(209) 940-6300
Saturday – Sunday
12:00-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday – Friday
1:30-5:00 p.m.
1st & 3rd Thursday
1:30-9:00 p.m
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