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Learning
Library
Museum Program
The Dalton School Libraries offer a unique, hands-on museum program curriculum currently staffed by art historian, Dr. Michelle Marcus, and archivist, Kris Santos. Dr. Marcus works collaboratively with classroom teachers to design and implement learning experiences that enhance the school's curriculum. The museum specialists also schedule trips to a number of museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, and frequently schedule outside guests to share their expertise with our community. The museum program truly enables our students and faculty to experience New York City as a classroom.
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Third graders excavating from a mock archaeological dig
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High schoolers on a field trip to the auction house, Christie's
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Fifth graders learning about Mesopotamian artifacts using the Archaeotype program
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Third graders at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Third graders using VR to explore New Amsterdam's history
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Armorer leads a bronze-casting demonstration for fifth graders
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Helen Parkhurst, "Education on the Dalton Plan," 1922
When he comes to the end, the finished achievement takes on all the splendor of success. It embodies all he had thought and felt and lived during the time it has taken to complete. This is real experience. It is culture achieved through individual development and through collective cooperation. It is no longer school—it is life.
Meet the Museum Specialists
List of 2 members.
Grades K-3
53 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128
Grade 4 & PE Center
200 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
Grades 5-12
108 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128
