The Museum Program supports Dalton’s mission to promote interactive teaching and learning, a hallmark of progressive education. Our in-house museum educators weave their academic training (in cultural anthropology and art history) into custom-designed experiences with objects and images in grades K to 12. Close collaboration with classroom teachers and other experts inside and outside the school ensures that every museum and related classroom opportunity is in sync with the academic curriculum, the age and interests of the students, and new technologies. Students and teachers have unique access to collections and curators at a wide range of cultural institutions, especially the American Museum of Natural History and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the same time, the program reinforces observational and inferential skills across the school.