Wave Hill Education

Young children, teenagers and teachers experience nature first-hand through Wave Hill's education programs. Outdoor, inquiry-based learning is the hallmark of these innovative programs, which use Wave Hill's grounds and local open spaces as living laboratories for natural science exploration.

Wave Hill’s education programs give teachers tools for integrating art and science. Hands-on experiences outdoors enrich and fulfill learning standards, enabling students to make connections between ecology, community and the world around them.

Join the weekend Family Art Project, a drop-in program that takes place Saturday and Sunday mornings in Wave Hill's Ecology Building.

School Programs
Bring your students to Wave Hill to experience three distinct yet interwoven programs in Nature Studies, Historical Studies and Creative Arts. Our offerings for Pre-kindergarten through sixth grade engage your students in active, participatory learning that spans indoor and outdoor education with gorgeous gardens, spectacular views, nature-inspired contemporary art and tranquil woodlands. Alternatively, Wave Hill will bring our lively Interactive Plays to your school. More

Internships
The Forest Project Summer Collaborative uses Bronx natural areas and green spaces for ecological study and job training for teens, who earn wages from Wave Hill and college credits from CUNY's Lehman College. The Kerlin Internship for Graduate Students offers an extraordinary opportunity to teach and learn environmental education and contemporary art programs, both at Wave Hill and in public, private and parochial schools throughout the metropolitan area. More

Professional Development
Wave Hill's inquiry-based workshops provide educators with innovative and effective ways to connect the natural workd to classroom learning, and provide multiple entry points for different types of learners. More

Wave Hill Education Programs are supported, in part, by The Barker Welfare Foundation; The Bay and Paul Foundations; Con Edison; The Lucius M. Littauer Foundation; The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund Inc; The Pinkerton Foundation; The Ira M. Resnick Foundation in memory of Jack and Pearl Resnick; Target; The James S. and Merryl H. Tisch Foundation; and with public funds from The National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties. Sustaining support for Wave Hill and its educational programming is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Sally and Gilbert Kerlin Endowment Fund at Wave Hill for Environmental Science and Nature Education.

Target Free Days

Target sponsors free Tuesday and Saturday morning admission to Wave Hill, providing public access to the arts in our community.