ITINERARY

Your Name___________________________________________

Today you are going on an imaginary vacation at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center. You will visit various places, meet a variety of people, and take home a souvenir. Attached is your travel itinerary, which indicates where you will go and what you will do.

General Rules:

•	You must stay with your group and chaperone at all times 
•	Do not touch any of the art or the walls in the galleries
•	No flash photography inside the museum
•	Please be courteous to other groups in the museum

GROUP # ______

Stop
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BEGINNING YOUR JOURNEY

•	PAVILION (Circle One): East, West, South, North

•	FLOOR (Circle One): L2, Plaza, 2	

•	WORK OF ART

•	ARTIST:_________________________________________				

•	TITLE:___________________________________________ 

Imagine you are a traveler in this picture then answer the following questions: 

What can you see from where you are standing?

Where are you going?

What are you wearing? What is the weather like?

What are you carrying in your backpack that you will need for your vacation?

What does this place make you think of? Have you ever been somewhere like this before?

Why did you choose this place to visit? How does this place make you feel? 

ART IS FOR YOUR 5 SENSES

•	PAVILION (Circle One): East, West, South, North

•	FLOOR (Circle One): L2, Plaza, 2	

•	WORK OF ART

•	ARTIST:_________________________________________				

•	TITLE:___________________________________________ 

Pretend that you are inside a work of art. What would you experience? Describe what you would. . . 

See

Hear

Smell

Taste 

Feel

PROSE POEM

•	PAVILION (Circle One): East, West, South, North

•	FLOOR (Circle One): L2, Plaza, 2				

•	WORK OF ART

•	ARTIST:_________________________________________					

•	TITLE:___________________________________________ 

Pick an artwork that grabs your attention. Write a poem based upon the artwork. Follow the instructions below for each line:

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Choose one-word title based upon the work of art

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Write an action phrase

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Write a simile (a phrase that uses “like” or “as”)

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Give the artwork another, longer title

Example:
 	King.
Standing with all his jewels.
Like a butterfly showing off its wings.
Royalty for all to see.

Stand and read your poem to your classmates. Have your classmates’ poems helped you to see the artworks they wrote about in new ways?  How? Why?

FIND A SOUVENIR

•	PAVILION (Circle One): East, West, South, North

•	FLOOR (Circle One): L2, Plaza, 2	

•	WORK OF ART

•	ARTIST:_________________________________________				

•	TITLE:___________________________________________ 

Look around this gallery. Do you see an artwork you would like to take home--a “souvenir” that would help you remember your trip? Find something in this gallery that you would like to take home. Sketch your souvenir below! 

NEWS BULLETIN

•	PAVILION (Circle One): East, West, South, North

•	FLOOR (Circle One): L2, Plaza, 2	

•	WORK OF ART

•	ARTIST:_________________________________________				

•	TITLE:___________________________________________ 

Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter. While on vacation, you have just come across the scene shown in this artwork. Look closely to figure out what is going on. Write a short article for tomorrow’s paper describing “the who, what where, when and why” of the scene.

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SEND A POSTCARD

You are at the end of your Getty vacation. Sit down and write a postcard to a friend or relative about your trip. 

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SAMPLE ITINERARY
Note: Galleries on the first floor of the North Pavilion will be closed for renovations starting November 11, 2008, and will reopen in May of 2009. These galleries include displays of the Getty’s collection of antiquities, glass, ceramics, and bronze sculpture. 

Stop		Time (20-30 mins. ea.) 		Artwork 			Choose 1 gallery		Activity			

#1
Pick a place to visit	
9:45-10:05			Dutch Landscapes   	East Pav. 2nd Fl.		Journey worksheet &
			Impressionism		West Pav. 2nd Fl.		The 5 Senses

#2
Meet someone on your journey
10:05-10:25			English portraits 		South Pav. 2nd Fl. 	Eavesdropping Activity						French portraits 		South Pav. 2nd Fl.	
						Marble sculpture		West Pav. 1st Fl.

#3
Pass a group of people 				
		10:15-10:30			Baroque paintings 	East Pav. 2nd Fl.		Prose Poem Activity	
Renaissance paintings	North Pav. 2nd Fl.
						European paintings	South Pav. 2nd Fl.

Sample Itinerary 

Stop		Time (20-30 mins. ea.) 		Artwork 				Choose 1 gallery	Activity			

#4 
Witness an event	
10:30-10:50			Bronze sculpture 			East Pav. 1st Fl.	News Bulletin Worksheet
						Greek & Roman vases		West Pav.
Lower level
						European paintings		West Pav. 2nd Fl. 
or (pick a gallery with		
art showing actions)
								
#5	
Find and draw a souvenir to take home 
10:50-11:10			Decorative Arts galleries	South Pav. 1st Fl.	Drawing Activity
						Sculpture and Decorative 	West Pav. 1st Fl.
Arts Galleries

Stop #6	
Postcard Activity
11:10-11:30								Outside in		Write a postcard about 
									garden or		your Getty vacation
									courtyard