Slater Memorial Museum

Slater Memorial Museum serves Norwich Free Academy and its community by fostering inquiry and exploration, celebrating the richness and diversity of the human experience by collecting, preserving, and interpreting a regional and global collection of art and material culture.

Grade Levels:   Grades 3-12

Programming Offered:

• In-person events/field trips

• Classroom visits & outreach

Curriculum Connections & Themes:

• sensory-friendly visits for students with disabilities

• Norwich history

• the Gilded Age

• Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt

• the Italian Renaissance

• Connecticut artists

• Globalization of art and ideas

• Drawing

• Sculpture

• Photography

• Elements of design

• Visual literacy

• Storytelling in art, symbols and icons

• Global art history

Days:  
Free Admission for Educators

        June 1 to September 1

Mondays-  10 am to 4 pm

Wednesday - Friday-  10 am to 4 pm

Saturday -  10 am to 4 pm

Welcome Day

July 30

10 am to 1 pm

• Meet and Greet with Education Staff: overview of educational programming, information regarding field trips and scheduling, sample object-based lessons, and a special viewing of select objects from the museum's permanent collection

• 11am - Docent-led tour of the museum

Location:  Slater Memorial Museum

108 Crescent Street

Norwich, CT 06360