Education Programs and Events


Support Art Education for Kids!

Please show your support for our School Partnership Education Program on Monday, May 5, 2008. Visit the Pacific Beach Joe's Crab Shack, bring this flyer, and 10% of your check will help fund transportation for students to the following art institutions:

  • Timken Museum of Art
  • Classics for Kids
  • San Diego Symphony
  • San Diego Opera

The money raised will provide every student (K-8) from the San Diego Unified School District with a variety of grade-level-appropriate, meaningful, arts experiences that are at no cost to the students or the school. The visit will not only enhance the current curriculum but also involve the resources of local arts organizations.

If you would like to help fund transportation for these students please visit the following Joe's Crab Shack location and present the flyer to your server to benefit this great program.

Joe's Crab Shack
4325 Ocean Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92109



Family Storytelling

Join us at the Timken Museum of Art where professional storyteller Harlynne Geisler will weave fanciful tales around Museum masterpieces.

Family Storytelling is a lively educational program that gives the whole family exciting new ways to look at art. Ages 5 and up are welcome.

2008 sessions are held at 11:00 am on the following Saturdays:

Saturday, April 5th
Saturday, May 17th
Saturday, June 14th
Saturday, July 12th
Saturday, August 23rd

Reservations are not required. Attendance is FREE!


Guided Gallery Tours

Docent-guided tours in English and Spanish are designed to introduce adult visitors, children in grades K-12 and college students to the Timken's Putnam Foundation Collection. Tours are offered:

  • Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to noon
  • Every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m
  • The museum is closed for the month of September

Gallery of the Timken Museum
These tours are open to the public, offered free of charge, and may be 1/2-hour to 1-hour long. An instructor must accompany college classes and K-12 classes must include one chaperone per 10 children.

To arrange a docent-guided tour, please call (619) 239-5548 x105 at least four weeks in advance of the tour date. Tour requests may be submitted with the form below.


Slide Presentations

The Timken offers presentations with slides to groups such as retirement homes, community centers and schools as an introduction to its collection. To schedule a presentation, contact Education Director Kristina Rosenberg at (619) 239-5548 x105 or email timken.rosenberg@sbcglobal.net. Please note that this program is subject to availability.


Docent Program Guest Lecture Series 2008

We are excited to announce our inaugural Docent Program Guest Lecture Series featuring talks by distinguished scholars on fine and decorative arts. The series is part of the Museum's Docent Volunteer Program and is open to Timken members of the Connoisseur level and up.

Lectures will take place on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the special exhibition's gallery at the Museum. Please arrive early, as seating is limited.

March 19: The Age of Beauty: Greek Art

Carrie Elizabeth Tovar, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Antiquities,  The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

April 16: Seeing the Invisible: Presence and Absence in Byzantine Icons

Galina Tirnanic, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History Department, University of Chicago

May 21: Italian Church Decoration of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance

William Tronzo, Visiting Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, University California, San Diego

June 18: The Renaissance Statue

Jack Greenstein, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Deigo

October 15: 16th-Century Art in Germany and the Netherlands

Anne Woollett, Associate Curator, Department of Paintings, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles


Art in the Afternoon Lectures:

The Timken Museum of Art continues Art in the Afternoon, its popular series of afternoon gallery talks. For additional information, please contact the Timken's Education Director Kristina Rosenberg at 619-239-5548 x105.


Docent Program

If you love art, have two hours a month to spare and are looking for new pursuits in 2008, consider becoming a docent at the Timken! As a docent, you'll give gallery tours, answer visitor questions and help with special events and projects.

Ages 18 and up are welcome. Fluency in more than one language, especially Spanish, is helpful but not required. No previous art experience is necessary, as ongoing training will be provided. Shifts can accommodate a variety of schedules.


Tour Request Form

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(for the selected day)

10 am 10:30 am 11 am

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Adults: Kids:

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General overview of the collection

American collection

European collection

Russian icons

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