The Norton is pleased to offer the following selection of tours to groups of 10 or more. Most tours are 45 minutes to one hour long, but shorter tours can be made available upon request.

Tours must be scheduled two weeks in advance and are offered at no charge.

Teachers: Louisiana GLE’s for each tour coming soon.

	The 19th Century American Art History Tour: Traces the evolution of painting styles in America from Birch to Bierstadt and beyond
	The 19th Century French Art History Tour: Explores Barye to Barbizons, Romantics to Rodin, complete with French art terminology
	The 19th Century American Sculpture Tour: Takes a look at great American sculptors, including Borglum, Farnham, Russell, Remington, Saint-Gaudens, and others
	The 19th Century French Sculpture Tour: Explores French sculpture from neo-classical to the Romantic to the Modern using the works of Barye, Dalou, Rodin and others in the permanent collection
	The American History Tour: A journey through early American History which includes our Civil War Gallery and the conquest of the West
	The Cowboy Artists Tour:  Covering Russell and Remington, but also the works of other significant "cowboy" artists like Stanley, Shreyvogel,  and A.D.M. Cooper
	The Decorative Arts Tour: An appreciation of the decorative arts including our collections of Steuben glass, colonial silver, Cybis porcelain, and Wedgwood
	The Dolls Tour: Exploring Louisiana history with our collection of antique bisque dolls. Due to exhibit size, groups are limited to 10 patrons
	The European Experience: A look at significant European works including our tapestries, paintings by Dutch masters, Les Animaliers sculpture, and works by Rodin
	The Greco-Roman Tour: Reveals the classical influence between ancient Greece and works in our permanent collection
	The Hudson River School Tour: A complete walk through the first significant American art movement from Cole and Durand to Bierstadt and Sonntag
	The Painting Techniques Tour Answering the question, "How did they do that?", this tour explores several works of art and their techniques and terminology
	The Perils of Pigment: Uncovering the artistry and history of color and divulging the dangers of painting
	The Remington/Russell Tour: An in-depth look at two of America's premier western artists in galleries dedicated to their work. This tour can also cover either Remington or Russell exclusively upon request

The "Smalls" Tours

Catering to the young (or young at heart), these literature-based tours inspired by works in the Gallery explore the artistic world in different ways:

	Wicked Villains:     Tales involving the baddest of the bad in storybook land, but not nearly as scary as it sounds. We’ll hear the tale of the “Seven Brothers,” a Caddo Indian tale that uses Native American Sign Language, listen to the brave feats of daring and cunning of a small boy in Wiley and the Hairy Man, and even have the chance to let a puppet wolf tell HIS side of the story with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Ages: K-2
	Musical Journeys: Sing your way through your favorite paintings with the songs “My Hat, It has 3 Corners,”  “The Frog Song,” “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain,” “The Green Grass Grows All Around,” “Three Foolish Piglets”, and “The Bear.” Ages: PreK - 1
	Colorful Creations: A fun and light introduction to artistic vocabulary with reading of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See, the chance to read a color wheel, as well as fun with finding lines and forms in art work. Ages: Pre-K-2
	Louisiana Folktales: Stories Gran'mere used to tell spring to life with the regional stories of Lapin and the Dust, Jean Malin and the Bull-Man, and Toad’s Ride. Ages: K-3

Special Exhibition Tours

This can be added on to your Norton permanent collection tour or can exclusively cover the visiting exhibition. Tour length can vary from 20 minutes to one hour based on your group’s needs.             Click here to see current and future special exhibitions

Does choosing a tour for your group seem particularly daunting?

Please email or call our Tour Coordinator at 318-865-4201, ext. 100 to answer any questions or soothe any concerns you may have.