We are currently taking school bookings for each weekday of the school term.

Please email us at education@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au with your booking request a minimum of 2 weeks before your planned visit.

In your email, please ensure you include the following details:

• Name of school and main contact
• Desired date and time for your visit
• Number of students and teachers/support staff
• Type of engagement: Tour and/or workshop

Additional information, if known:

• Exhibition focus
• Learning outcomes or aims for your visit
• Learner level (i.e. early learning, primary, tertiary) and year level/age group of students
• If you will need bags or property stored during your visit

If you intend on leading your group on a self-guided tour of SAM during your visit, we ask that you please notify us of your visit in advance via email at info@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au.

For VCE school groups

For VCE groups, SAM offers 20 minute sessions that introduce students to the process of developing and delivering exhibitions to support unit outcomes for Art Making and Exhibiting.

In these introductory sessions, staff from the SAM Exhibition and Collections team will address key considerations that inform exhibition presentation and design.

For this introductory tour, schools may select one area of focus:

• Exhibition design
• Artwork conservation considerations
• Curating an exhibition
• Marketing and communications for an exhibition

Selection from the above will help us to determine the most appropriate staff member to deliver your session.

After the session, schools are welcome to conduct their own self-guided tour of the museum.

Additional VCE subjects may benefit from the expertise at SAM. To enquire and for fee structures, please email us at education@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au and we will help to design a session that best meets your students' needs.

For fee structure, please email education@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au with the following information:

• Name of school and main contact
• Desired date and time for your visit
• Number of students, teachers /support staff
• Type of engagement: Tour and/or workshop

Additional information, if known:

• Exhibition focus
• Learning outcomes or aims for your visit
• Learner level (i.e. early learning, primary, tertiary) and year level/age group of students
• If you will need bags or property stored during your visit

SAM welcomes teachers and educators into the museum for self-guided tours and activities.

Please let us know by email at education@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au ahead of time of the date and time of your planned visit so we can prepare our Front of House team.

Students must be supervised at all times by a teacher or adult. We request:

• At least one teacher/adult for every 20 students for students in Year 2 or above.
• At least one teacher/adult for every 15 students for K to Year 1 students.

If activities are to be completed on your visit, please ensure:

• Pencils rather than pens are used
• Sketchbooks or paper are not larger than an A4 sheet 

We're pleased to be launching a work experience program at SAM for local secondary students in May and June 2026.

Open to students in Years 9 and 10 across the Goulburn Valley, this program provides local students with a valuable hands-on experience within a leading regional art museum, giving them an early insight into careers in the creative industry. In 2026, SAM will have the capacity to take on two students for the work experience program.

Key Dates

Work experience placement dates

Students can nominate preferred placement dates from the following list: 

• Week commencing 4th May
• Week commencing 11th May
• Week commencing 1st June
• Week commencing 15th June

Please note that we are unable to accommodate any dates outside those listed above.

Application key dates

Applications open: 16 February 2026 

Applications close: 16 March 2026 

Notification of outcome: 31 March 2026 

Application Process

Due to the interest in this program, students applying to the work experience program will need to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The EOI will need to include the following points:

• Full name
• Email address
• School and year level for 2026
• Name and contact information of school's work experience coordinator
• First and second preference of placement dates (see list above)
• Visual art subject enrolled in for 2026
• A short paragraph addressing their interest in undertaking work experience at SAM

The EOI process is designed to keep the selection process as equitable as possible. Students will be selected based in their active interest in the visual arts.

The EOI application process will open on 16 February 2026, and will close on 16 March 2026. Students will be notified on the outcome of their application by 31 March 2026. Details on where to submit EOI applications will be released closer to the open date.

If you have any queries regarding the above, please email us at education@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au.

SAM produces resources for in-gallery and classroom learning that target Victorian Curriculum outcomes. 

Downloadable exhibition education kits

Indigenous Ceramic Award Education Resource

Downloadable SAM Art Card activities in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Italian and English

English version 

Arabic/العربية version

Chinese/简体中文 version

Dari/دری version

Italian/Italiano version