With preschool children as well as primary and secondary school students in mind, the International Cultural Centre organises gallery lessons as part of the programme Exhibition with Class. These sessions combine guided visits to our current exhibitions with activities tailored to the needs of each group, while aligning with the current core curriculum. The scenario of each lesson is arranged in consultation with the teacher.
Preschool and school activities can be enriched in countless ways — yet simply stepping outside the classroom and encountering a new space is far from enough. At the International Cultural Centre, we believe in the value of engaging young audiences in conversation and involving them in shared activities. We are convinced that every visit to our current exhibition can become an engaging adventure, while also connecting with topics explored in everyday school lessons.
Our gallery lessons consist of two parts. We begin with an interactive guided tour of the exhibition, during which we explore selected themes and contexts together with the participants. In the second part, we offer creative and engaging activities agreed upon with the teacher, such as completing an educational trail or worksheets, working in groups, or taking part in art workshops. Throughout the lesson we encourage discussion, stimulate the imagination, and foster the development of participants’ artistic sensitivity.
Our lessons are aligned with the current core curriculum, taking into account its most recent updates, while also complementing and expanding the knowledge it encompasses. Each group is treated individually, and the content is adapted to the participants’ age as well as to the needs of the teacher.
School with class
Each gallery lesson lasts approximately 90 minutes. Lessons at the ICC Gallery are held from Tuesday to Friday, between 11:00 and 16:00. We accept groups of up to 25 participants. The fee for participation is PLN 5 per person.
If you are interested, please reserve a lesson by sending an email to warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl. In your message, please include:
– the preferred date and time of the session,
– the age and number of participants,
– the language in which the lesson should be conducted,
– the exhibition to which the lesson should relate,
– the name of the kindergarten or school,
– contact details of the teacher and/or group supervisor (name, surname, telephone number, email address).
We honour the Large Family Card (Karta Dużej Rodziny) and the Kraków Family Card 3+ (Krakowska Karta Rodzinna 3+). Each participant in an organised group who holds either of these cards is entitled to a 50% discount on guided tours and educational activities.
Core curriculum: supporting children’s activity in ways that enhance sensory integration and the ability to use developing cognitive processes; strengthening the child’s sense of individuality and originality, as well as the need to build interpersonal relationships and participate in a group; fostering the child’s sensitivity.
Developing competences such as creativity, critical thinking, reasoning, argumentation and drawing conclusions; supporting well-rounded personal development through deepening knowledge and nurturing the child’s natural curiosity about the world; encouraging teamwork and social engagement.
Core curriculum: developing key competences such as creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the ability to think critically and logically, reason, argue and draw conclusions; introducing students to the world of values; strengthening a sense of individual, cultural, national and regional identity; supporting the exploration of culture, the reception of art and the need to co-create it in ways appropriate to the child’s stage of development; linking the programme with core subjects such as Polish language, geography, and cultural studies/art.
Core curriculum: shaping the attitude of a conscious recipient of culture; discussion, argumentation and creative activity using various media; teamwork and collaboration; developing personal interests; shaping a hierarchy of values based on works of culture; exploring national and global heritage; art and cultural history, the periodisation of history and the characteristics of particular epochs; linking the programme with core subjects such as history, Polish language, cultural studies, geography and civics.
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