BEFORE THE TRIP
• Have student sign-up sheets in class for the week prior to the visit. This will give you an idea of how many students (and guests) are planning to go on this trip. Make sure to let the Getty contact person know a week in advance the number of people planning to attend so that proper bus arrangements can be made.
• Review "trip reminders" (see list below) a day or two before the trip.
• Make sure everyone knows the pick-up time and location prior to the day of the trip.
• Have students complete the pre-visit activities Reading a Label (RTF - 46KB) and Reading a Map (RTF - 50KB).
ON THE DAY OF THE VISIT
• Have students sign their names on a sign-in sheet as they enter the bus. A clipboard is helpful.
UPON ARRIVAL
• Make sure that students memorize the bus number and that they know the bus will park on the first level of the Parking Garage (P1).
• When exiting the bus, students should take the elevator or stairs up to the Lower Tram Station (T1). They will take the tram to the top of the hill and wait for their teacher and classmates at the Arrival Plaza, near the row of trees in the center of the plaza.
• If anyone gets lost, he or she should go to the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
• Give a specific departure time. Make sure everyone knows to meet at the Arrival Plaza on the top of the hill at that time.
• Allow twenty to thirty minutes to take the tram from the Arrival Plaza to the bottom of the hill and to get back to the bus on the first level of the Parking Garage (P1).
• Remind students that if they miss the bus, they will have to find their own way home (taxi or public bus).
UPON DEPARTURE
• As students enter the bus before departure, check their names off the list you made when they got on the bus back at school.
TRIP REMINDERS
• Wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
• Bring a jacket or sweater—it can get windy and cold at the Getty Center.
• You may bring a camera or video camera on the trip, but flash photography is not allowed in the galleries.
• Picnic areas, a cafeteria, snack bars, and a restaurant are all available.
• You may bring food. However, you will be asked to keep it in a bag at the coat check desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
• Please make sure to stay twelve inches or more from all art objects in the galleries. Use the pre-visit activity Protecting Art for Future Generations (RTF - 46KB) for more.
