Art School Trips and Workshops

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What art and design school trips in the UK spark creativity and connect to the curriculum?

Art educational visits feature galleries, studios, and outdoor sketching sessions encouraging techniques, appreciation, and personal expression across primary and secondary levels.

Looking for places and ways in which you can inspire your art and design students or your Arts Award Scheme? There are countless ways to learn about art beyond the classroom and enhance learning experiences within the subject.

Teaching art and design in a classroom environment has its limitations. Books and modern digital devices are great, but if you want to really inspire your art class, taking them to see works of art first hand is a must. Looking for an Arts Award Supporter to help your class?

Arts Week School Trips UK | June 2026

Go all out with creativity to celebrate Arts Week this year. Below you will find a huge range of UK school trips and workshops. From gallery visits in London or Edinburgh to drama workshops and street-art tours. Whether your topic is art history or graffiti, the possibilities are endless. Pupils can sketch, perform, design and explore different cultures through art.

The educational visits on this page work brilliantly across primary and secondary, building confidence and self-expression. And we have ideas to suit every school and every budget. If you're looking for Arts Week school trip inspiration for 2026, you are in the right place. The most popular trips and workshops book up early so make your enquiries today!

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UK Art Trips

Here in the UK we can motivate your group with everything from medieval textile art at Warwick Castle to modern design classics such as Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. Helping to enhance their critical thinking and develop knowledge around the subject, the art & design day trips we feature can support your study of artists, architects and designers and the skills and processes they employ.

Overseas Art & Design Trips

For older students wishing to travel on an extended art trip, we have an exciting range of tailor made art and design tours. Whether you fancy an architecture trip to Russia, a historical art and design trip to Amsterdam or a far flung voyage to Japan for a once in a lifetime chance to study the arts of the Far East.

Find a school trip or workshop for the following Art topics: Animation, Bookbinding, Comics, Craft, Design, Drawing, History of Art, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Urban Arts, and more.

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Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre
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Drama at Ingestre Hall focuses on creating an original performance. Students create short scenes and sketches in small groups which are then performed to the whole group for peer feedback, before...
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Ingestre Hall historic building
Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre
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Art workshops at Ingestre offer the time to explore a chosen theme with the depth and variety of techniques that may not always be possible in school. Skills and techniques used include drawing,...
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Middleport Pottery
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Art and Design was crucial to the potteries, using different mediums and workshops we can help engage your students with creative learning activities such as printmaking, pattern design, heritage art...
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Arts, Crafts & Planet Friendly Projects
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We support teachers in delivering the art curriculum through exciting, hands-on workshops including recycling art projects, SFX makeup, graffiti, and more. Our creative sessions align with curriculum goals, helping students build skills, express themselves, and think sustainably.
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Urban Arts - Graffiti - Fashion - Beatboxing - Breakdancing - DJ
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Our urban arts workshops directly support and enrich the national art curriculum by encouraging creativity, self-expression, and critical thinking. Through hands-on experiences in graffiti, fashion...
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Urban Arts - Graffiti - Fashion - Beatboxing - Breakdancing - DJ
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Our workshops offer a dynamic and engaging way to meet key objectives within the Performing Arts curriculum. Sessions such as beatboxing, rap & lyric writing, and breakdancing encourage students to...
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Audley End
Audley End
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Discover Audley End's impressive collection of portrait miniatures and Old Master paintings, including works by Hans Holbein, Hans Eworth, Pieter Claesz and Jan van Goyen. You can also use our outdoor activity pack for inspiration and draw the flora in Audley End's extensive and beautiful grounds.
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Archery at Conway Centres Tattenhall
Conway Centres Tattenhall
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Conway Centres offer Creative Arts programmes which provide a wide variety of opportunities for children and young people. Whether you need subject specific themes or would like us to select the theme...
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Rock climbing at Conway Centres Anglesey
Conway Centres Anglesey
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Based at our Conway Centres: Anglesey we have an excellent range of facilities for both the Performing and Visual Arts. We offer high quality education aimed at encouraging creativity, providing...
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Religious Festivals
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to ensure your chosen topic is as accessible and engaging as possible for your pupils.
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Victorian Drama and Dance workshops for schools
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We deliver Victorian performing arts workshops directly to schools, combining drama, dance, and storytelling to immerse students in the culture of the era. Led by experienced facilitators, each...
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to ensure your chosen topic is as accessible and engaging as possible for your pupils.
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The MAD Museum
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Covering Year 1-11+. As the UK's centre for mechanical art, The MAD Museum really does help to inspire creativity and innovation. This is where art meets movement sometimes operating to achieve a...
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Florence Nightingale
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Rosa Parks-A Time for Change
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Explore what America was like in the 1950's, with our 10 second picture game Through improvisation, act out Rosa's story and discuss what sparks a 'movement' Create a 'time line' of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things Act out Rosa's story and perform a poem about her life
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Musicals Dance Workshops
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This workshop will bring a touch of drama to your pupils day, developing such skills as creativity and self-confidence. Most importantly, drama activities are fun.
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London
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London's theatre scene offers an exciting array of shows perfect for school groups, combining education with entertainment. From classic plays like "Hamlet" to popular musicals such as "Matilda" and "The Lion King," there are performances suited for students of all ages.
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International & Multicultural Dance Workshops
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All of our workshops help bring the subject to life, mainly through movement and dance and includes spacial awareness and build on confidence.
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Space Travel
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At The Drama Hut all of our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, group activities, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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World Book Day Dance Workshops
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Your pupils will perform certain parts of the book, or act through movement and music that link to the various books.
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Inspiring Art & Design School Trips - Teacher FAQ

6 March 2026

What's the value of art and design trips for schools?
Art trips allow students to see original artwork, including colours, textures, and materials that cannot be fully experienced through photos or textbooks. Visiting galleries helps pupils develop appreciation of different techniques and styles while inspiring their own creative work. These visits support curriculum goals around artistic understanding and experimentation.

Art workshop at school or gallery visit - which works best?
Workshops at school focus on practical techniques and hands on making (£150-£400). Gallery visits provide inspiration by exposing students to a wide range of artistic styles and historical works. Many schools combine both, using workshops for skill development and gallery trips for creative ideas.

Free art places schools can visit?
Many major galleries in the UK offer free entry. The National Gallery in London is free, and many museums allow school groups without admission fees. Outdoor spaces such as parks and sculpture trails can also work well for sketching and observation activities.

Top 10 art and design school trips teachers recommend in 2026:

1. National Gallery, London (classical masterpieces, free)
2. Tate Modern, London (contemporary art)
3. V and A Museum, London (design and decorative arts)
4. In-school artist workshops (painting and mixed media)
5. Yorkshire Sculpture Park (outdoor sculpture)
6. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (varied collections)
7. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (historic and world art)
8. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (fine art collections)
9. Local street art tours (urban creativity)
10. Hepworth Wakefield (modern sculpture)

Art and design trips for SEND pupils - what helps?
Many galleries offer touch tours and sensory experiences. Workshops can adapt tools and materials for different abilities. Tactile art activities and texture based projects often work well for visually impaired pupils. Planning ahead with venues ensures accessibility and inclusive activities.

Typical cost for art and design trips:
- Free galleries plus travel: £3-£10 per child
- Paid museums or exhibitions: £5-£15 entry
- Workshops: £150-£400
- Residential art camps: £120-£250 per child

Schools may be able to access grants from arts organisations or local cultural programmes.


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