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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Write a Museum Label
Draw a masterpiece inside the gold frame, then write the label a museum would hang beside it.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- describing art, titles and labels, pride in work
What kids do
“Your art is in a museum! Draw it, then write the label visitors will read.”
- My masterpiece
- The museum label
How to run it
- Show a real museum label from a museum website so kids see the format.
- The title can be serious or funny.
- Hang them all for a class museum opening.
Talk about it
- What makes a good title?
- What do you want visitors to notice?
- Why do museums write labels?
Take it further
Be the tour guide: walk a visitor through three artworks in the class museum.
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