While many tours are available online anytime you have access to the internet, these downloadable guides and tools are built for smooth offline exploring. Perfect for printing out or saving to your smartphone, our resources give families, students, and art enthusiasts full access to rich artwork details and interactive tour activities wherever your art adventure takes you.
Hop aboard your rocket ship and explore some of Huntsville’s most Amazing Spaces on the Amazing Space Race! You’ll meet some weird and wonderful aliens along the way, and you’ll help them learn about our planet and our city by taking a closer look at the art! This downloadable resource is perfect for helping youth group leadership, teachers, and parents lead kids on a whimsical art adventure.
You can also download accompanying coloring pages here!
Educators can look at an overview of how this tour aligns to K-5 ALEX Standards here. This project has been made possible by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Parents or educators who find themselves in City Hall with students will find that many artworks in Our Civic Canvas connect directly to the 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies, particularly the Grades 3-5 sequence on Alabama’s geography, history, and communities.
Highlights include:
Coming soon: a full educator guide with standards references, discussion prompts, and activities for classroom and in-person visits.
Note: access to the art is limited to the first and second floors. 6th and 7th floor artwork access is only available to invited visitors, or can be studied online by visiting Our Civic Canvas on the Public Art Archive. Tours are available on the First Friday of most months by registering online.
This educator’s guide, written by artist and former CEO of the US Space and Rocket Center Dr. Deborah Barnhart, helps students learn about our planet through a series of four art installation in Rose Park, called the “Compass Rose Family”. In this short curriculum, intended targeted for grads 4-8, students can learn about our globe, maps, sun dials, and more!
The four artworks are located at Rose Park, 2304 South Rose Dr SW, Huntsville.
This map is designed to guide visitors and residents to specific artwork locations while visiting Huntsville City Hall. Note that access to the art is limited to the first and second floors for the general public. 6th and 7th floor artwork access is only available to invited visitors. Those interested in learning about the artwork remotely can learn about the work online by visiting Our Civic Canvas on the Public Art Archive.
This Downtown Art Essentials guide is a resource by the City of Huntsville’s Public Art Program. This self-guided tour invites you to explore a curated selection of some of Downtown Huntsville’s most noteworthy works of art in public places. The guide includes a recommended route with directions and a few highlights about each artwork.
This project has been made possible by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Take a deeper dive into downtown public art with our Downtown Art Discovery Trail. In partnership with Downtown Huntsville, Inc., we’ve mapped out a comprehensive tour of the city’s most vibrant public art. Wander the walkable core on foot, or hop on a bike or in a car to take in the full urban canvas.
This project has been made possible by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.