Booth Museum

a CILC Content Provider

The Booth Museum, in Association with the Smithsonian Institution, is a 120,000 square foot museum located in Cartersville, Georgia. The Booth is home to the largest collection of American Western artwork on exhibition in the nation, including historical and contemporary American Indian art and artifacts. Open since August 2003, Booth Museum is the only museum of its kind in the Southeast and was ranked at the #1 art museum in the nation by USA Today, Readers Choice Awards 2020 & 2021.

A CILC Pinnacle Award winner, the Booth offers interactive virtual field trips infusing the arts with other disciplines such as social studies, history, science, language arts, literacy and STEAM. Programs are book on demand and will engage your students in hands-on learning while appealing to multiple learning styles. Lifelong learning programs are also available with special program topics available upon request.

2020-2021

Programs by Booth Museum

American Indians: Cultures and Contributions

Learn about American Indian cultures from the Northwest Coast to the Eastern Woodlands through American Indian art and artifacts! Students participate in an interactive map activity to determine movement patterns, compare and contrast regions and...

Diversity of the American West: Cultures, People & Environments

Learn about the diverse culture of the American West through art and artifacts in the Booth collection! Explore diverse cultures and contributions (American Indians, African-American homesteaders, Chinese-American immigrants, Mexican-American...

FREE on 4/22! Reptiles & Art: a HISStory of Inspiration

FREE in April to celebrate Earth Day! Science and art combine! Western reptiles have been inspiring artists for thousands of years. Students will explore reptile-themed art and artifacts in the Booth's collection while interacting with LIVE...

Full STEAM Ahead! Technologies of the American West

Students will utilize artwork in the Booth collection to discuss technology and innovation during Westward Expansion through a look at communication, transportation, commerce and other technology. It's STEAM through a historical lens!

The Three Sisters: American Indian Stories-Spring Theme!

Spring theme! Learn about The Three Sisters through American Indian oral tradition and artmaking! Participants will learn about the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois and Cherokee people's dependency on three important crops while examining the science...

Western Movies 101 (Part I)

Booth Museum's Historian, Jim Dunham, will get us up to speed on the early history of Western movies beginning with “The Great Train Robbery” of 1903. The movie is less than ten minutes long but it included most of the standard elements that...

Westward Ho!

Inspired by art and artifacts, student "explorers" create their very own Lewis and Clark inspired journal as they journey westward! Guided movement, discussion and simple journal drawings bring to life the stories of Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea...

Type of Organization

Arts/Cultural/Museum

Contact

Patty Dees pattyd@boothmuseum.org
Booth Western Art Museum
Cartersville GA 30120
7706076372
United States

boothmuseum.org

Primary Disciplines

The programs of Booth Museum cover:

Problem Based Learning
Art
Social Studies/History
Fine Arts
Language Arts/English
Sciences
Problem Solving
Title I
Curriculum
Standards
Best Practice

Awards, Quotes, Testimonials

"This was AMAZING! It perfectly aligned with our curriculum. It was fantastic how you kept the kids engaged!" 4th grade teacher, Westward Ho! program