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Celebrate the pop culture you love all year long. Members enjoy unlimited free visits to the museum, special event invites, and extras that make every trip better than before.
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From early grunge treasures to indie gaming secrets and alien technology from across the galaxy, visiting MOPOP with a group creates an unforgettable experience. Your group trip will be powered by the world-shaping influence of pop culture with participative experiences, discovery, and play. No matter what kind of group you’re bringing to MOPOP, we’ve got you covered with a range of discounts and learning activities.
Ready to level up your student visit with even more learning opportunities? Explore our In-Museum Workshop options below.
Group visits are available Tuesdays and Thursdays–Sundays from 10 AM – 3:30 PM. Advance reservations are required for all adult and youth groups of 10 or more.
What can games like Minecraft teach us about establishing a community and our roles in building relationships? From creating basic survival needs to sharing surpluses and asking for help, students will investigate how communities form, develop, and grow using simulated habitats in an interactive, real-life game environment.
Educators, this workshop would be great for your students if you are learning about: Community, civics, economics, sustainability, history, or social studies.
The K-2 version of this workshop is 45 minutes long.
Watch your students bloom into inspired storytellers while exploring, comparing, and contrasting the individual centered Hero’s Journey and the collaborative Collective Journey story structures! Students will use imagination and creativity to connect with story structures through their favorite pop culture examples. They’ll also celebrate their own identities while creating fantasy characters and embarking on a journey together to problem-solve as a collective community.
Educators, this workshop would be great for your students if you are learning about: Story Building/Writing, Hero’s Journey story structure, Collective Journey story structure, character archetypes, writing narratives, or language arts.
From musicians who use songs as a call to action to photographers who use images as protest, pop culture plays a critical role in activism. Students will analyze different pop culture works, and the "machines" creative folx have produced that we all can use to make a difference. Then, they will explore their skills and interests to process collective anger, raise awareness, and let their voices be heard through crafted personal social justice statements.
Educators, this workshop would be great for your students if you are learning about: photography, activism, social justice, writing or individual and collective impact.
Put the power of pop culture creation into your students’ hands! Students will explore the art of chibi, a Japanese-originated caricature style commonly used in anime and manga that uses exaggerated proportions and expressions to pack in big storytelling and emotion. Each student will draw a chibi-style portrait and create a wax transfer print patch to take home!
Educators, this workshop would be great for your students if you are learning about: comics, proportion, symbolism, SEL, print making, or storytelling.
Put the power of pop culture creation into your students’ hands! Your students will transform into a group of explorers, discovering never-before-found species of fantasy creatures. Through observing scientific specimens, students will use what they know about biology and add their imaginations to create unique creatures of their own. Each student will draw an original fantasy creature and create a wax transfer print patch to take home!
Educators, this workshop would be great for your students if you are learning about: biology, fantasy, visual arts, characters, print making, or storytelling.
