Get a fresh perspective! University student organizations and community groups are encouraged to schedule group tours of the museum exhibitions and collection. Our docents are happy to tailor their tour to the interests of your group.

Exposure to art helps medical students build their observational and diagnostic ‘toolkit.’ Launched in 2013 in partnership with UVA's School of Medicine, Clinician’s Eye is based on similar programs at leading medical schools, and includes interactive tours as well as drawing and writing exercises.

As volunteer museum educators, The Fralin docents serve the community by encouraging close-looking with original works of art, as they lead engaging and interactive tours for school groups and community organizations from across the central Virginia region.

Early Visions is a mentorship and arts program held in partnership between The Fralin Museum and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central VA. UVA student mentors engage with their mentees through looking at, discussing, and making art. With a strong emphasis on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Early Visions’ goal is to teach kids how to express themselves through art, manage emotions, and build healthy relationships.

The Museum encourages University faculty to utilize our exhibitions and collection to enhance curricular goals in all subject areas. The Museum's innovative teaching galleries provide unique object-based study and research opportunities for UVA. faculty members across a wide-variety of disciplines.

Faculty are welcome to hold classes in the galleries and access pieces from the Museum's permanent collection relevant to their field—from the humanities to the sciences.

Final Friday has been a favorite event of both students and the Charlottesville community for decades. Held on the last Friday of the month during the academic year, all are welcome to come and enjoy art, music, food, and a variety of activities, such as artmaking and student docent-led gallery talks. 

Fralin Visionaries is a new art acquisitions circle, launched in partnership with Crozier Fine Arts and celebrating The Fralin’s 90th Anniversary year.

The University Museums Internship Class (undergraduate): ARTH 4951/4952 The University Museums Internship is a two-semester sequence of two three-credit courses. Students will do internships (lasting for an academic year) at either The Fralin Museum of Art or the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.

Teachers are invited to schedule interactive docent-led tours of current exhibitions for K–12 students.

Looking Inward encourages participants to slow down, look closely, connect, and share insights together. 

Sound meditation designed to cultivate deep listening, invite calm, and create space for self-reflection amid the museum's inspiring collection.

Our Student Docents facilitate close-looking with original works of art, gain vital experience as museum educators, and serve the community by leading tours for thousands of area school children every year. 

The Fralin offers teacher professional development workshops on a range of topics including social-emotional learning, arts integration, and creative writing. We are happy to work with districts, content teams, and individual schools to develop workshops that meet the learning needs of teachers in all content areas.

Click here for a list of our PD offerings.

The Student Engagement Council (SEC) at The Fralin Museum of Art is dedicated to deepening and diversifying University student engagement with the museum.

Launched in the summer of 2021, The Fralin’s Little Museum of Art was inspired by a desire to engage with the community during the museum’s

The Fralin teaching galleries provide unique object-based study and research opportunities for UVA faculty across a wide-variety of disciplines, and the museum encourages University faculty to utilize our exhibitions and collection to enhance curricular goals in all subject areas.

Writer’s Eye challenges writers of all ages to use visual art in The Fralin as inspiration for the creation of original poetry and prose.