Group Experiences

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Group Experiences
Encourage social connection, leadership, team building, innovative thinking, and guided self-reflection through creative, interactive group experiences. Whether you are hosting a family reunion, corporate retreat, or conference, our programs will inspire you to collaborate and connect.
GUIDED TOURS
Guided Tour Information
Available both virtually and in-person for groups of 15 to 75, our one-hour Guided Tours explore the deeper relevance of a collection of works, connecting your thinking to broad ideas, asking questions, and inspiring engaging dialogue.
Tour by Exhibition
Choose to explore a Current Exhibition or the AGH installation of works from The Collection. Available both virtually and in-person (when permitted).
Tour by Theme
Choose to explore a thematic selection inspired by works from the AGH vaults. Available virtually only.
- Great Women Artists
- Canadian Impressionism
- Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, and their Contemporaries
- Canadian Realism and Abstraction
- The Hamilton Mountain Sanatorium Collection of Inuit Art
- Indigenous Art in the AGH Collection
- Treasures of the Tanenbaum
- Hamilton in Pictures
- Landscape in Art
- Art and the Environment
- Humour and Irony in the AGH Collection
- Abstraction and Onwards
Book Your Guided Tour
Guided Tours available for a minimum of 15 people, maximum of 75.
For larger groups, please contact education@artgalleryofhamilton.com
At the Gallery: General admission (20% off for 15 or more visitors) plus $50 for a one-hour tour guide. One guide is required for every 15 people.
Virtual Tour: $125 for one hour
WORKSHOPS & RETREATS
Workshop & Retreat Information
Engage with art as inspiration for your working or social group to connect, communicate, and collaborate. Available as a half-day or full-day program both virtually or in-person (when permitted), we will customize your experience to spark your interests and meet your collective goals.
Themes:
- Looking Closer: Developing Observation and Reflection
- Sharing Experiences: Team-building and Collaboration
- Managing the Unexpected: Growing Innovation and Creativity
- Looking for Clues: Art, images and Communication
- Art and Wellness: Reflect and Rejuvenate
- Art & Wellness II: Humour and Sarcasm in Art
- Playing with Art: Time to Learn and Make
Book a Workshop or Retreat
Workshops & Retreats available for a minimum of 15 people, maximum of 75.
Have a larger group? Please contact education@artgalleryofhamilton.com
At the Gallery: starting from $20.00 per person for a two-hour program. Custom programs are available to suit your half- or full-day program.
Virtual Workshop or Retreat: starting from $300 for a two-hour program. Custom programs are available to suit your half- or full-day program, and may include additional hands-on resources or art supplies.
Virtual programs are available digitally through Zoom, or over the phone using conference calling.
SHORT PROGRAMS
Warmups, Break-Out Sessions, and Mini Tours
These short 30-minute programs are the perfect complement to hosting your business gathering in one of our meeting and event spaces or as a virtual addition to your online meeting. Customized to your experience as an exhibition or thematic tour (see Guided Tours), hands-on programs, creativity bursts, or team building activities.
Available for a minimum of 10 people, maximum of 75.
At the Gallery: starting from $10 per person for a 30-minute session. Longer programs or multiple sessions are available.
Virtual Session: starting from $150
Scavenger Hunts
Looking for a high-energy, fast-paced group activity? Your group will thoroughly enjoy this dynamic 90-minute team-building activity designed for you to work together, follow the clues, and solve the riddles and mysteries around the Gallery. Available in-person only (when permitted).
- 15-minute introduction and team grouping
- 60 minute self-guided scavenger hunt
- 10 to 30-minute debrief
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Available for a minimum of 10 people, maximum of 75.
Facilitated Hunt: $20.00 per person (included Gallery admission)
Add a Guided Tour following your Scavenger Hunt for $5.00 per person.
From the International Art Collection

Stein and Press 1906
John Sloan (American 1871-1951)
oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCuaig in memory of her father, H. B. Hall, Esq., 1964