Featuring Mural Art Tours Baltimore, where students explore, create, and connect through public art. Their interactive tours guide students through vibrant murals across the city, from Station North’s Graffiti Alley to Highlandtown’s painted screens and Latin Voices murals. Students decode stories of history, culture, and community, sparking curiosity, creativity, and civic pride. With knowledgeable guides and hands-on discussion, each tour turns Baltimore’s streets into a dynamic outdoor classroom full of discovery and inspiration.
Mural Art Tours Baltimore transforms the city into an outdoor classroom where students explore history, culture, and social justice through public art. Each tour is standards-aligned and designed to spark critical thinking, creativity, and civic pride while connecting learning to real-world environments. With engaging guides and interactive discussion, the experience makes Baltimore’s streets a dynamic, unforgettable field trip for students in grades 3–12.
Why should teachers and students be excited about your program?
Students should be excited about Mural Art Tours Baltimore because every tour is led by a guide who brings the city’s walls to life with energy, knowledge, and storytelling. Instead of just walking past artwork, the guide helps students decode the powerful messages hidden in the murals—connecting them to history, culture, and community voices. With every stop, the guide shares fascinating details about the artists, the neighborhoods, and the creative process, making students feel like they are uncovering secret stories written across Baltimore’s streets.
The programming is designed to spark curiosity and inspire active participation. Students aren’t just listening; they are encouraged to ask questions, make observations, and share their own interpretations. This interactive style turns the field trip into a true dialogue, where every voice matters and every perspective adds depth. By connecting murals to themes like identity, social justice, and civic pride, the experience helps students see the direct link between art and the world they live in.
The tours also create moments of discovery and empowerment. Students may find that a mural reflects their own story, or they might feel inspired to create something themselves. The programming highlights creativity as a tool for change, showing young people that their ideas and expressions have value. With a guide who is both knowledgeable and approachable, students leave with new insights, fresh inspiration, and a deeper connection to their city—making the experience not just a field trip, but an unforgettable adventure.
Is there a particular program you’d like to highlight? What makes it special?
Mural Art Tours Baltimore brings learning outdoors, offering dynamic field trips and community experiences that turn the city’s walls into classrooms of color, culture, and history. Each of our tours highlights a different neighborhood’s voice and artistic spirit, ensuring that participants leave with a deeper appreciation for Baltimore’s creativity and resilience.
Station North Mural Tour takes participants through the city’s first arts and entertainment district, where murals and street art transform warehouses and walls into canvases of expression. A highlight of this tour is a walk through Graffiti Alley, Baltimore’s only legal graffiti space, where young artists continually refresh the walls with vibrant works of art. Students learn about tagging, lettering styles, and the role of street art as both rebellion and celebration, making it one of our most interactive and visually thrilling tours.
Highlandtown Mural Tour explores a neighborhood shaped by waves of immigration. This tour showcases the tradition of painted screens, a folk art unique to Baltimore, and highlights murals celebrating the Italian and Hispanic heritage of the area. Students gain insight into how communities use art to preserve traditions and share stories of migration, identity, and resilience.
Latin Voices Tour begins at the world-famous Lexington Market before winding through the Bromo Arts District. Here, murals by Latinx artists tell stories of culture, pride, and contemporary struggles. This tour highlights the voices of artists who use their work to speak to heritage, belonging, and the importance of representation in public spaces, giving students a chance to engage directly with art rooted in lived experience.
West Baltimore Mural Tour shines a light on a historic cultural corridor. Once home to legendary theaters and venues along Pennsylvania Avenue, this neighborhood’s story is told through powerful murals and installations. Numerous YouthWorks murals created by Baltimore’s young artists also dot the landscape, allowing students to see how art is being used today to reclaim space, tell community stories, and honor legacies of perseverance. This tour is especially impactful for students interested in history, theater, and youth expression.
Together, these tours highlight Baltimore as a city of voices—past, present, and future—expressed through public art.
We are also proud to partner with Black History Tours Baltimore, which deepens the learning experience by connecting murals to the broader history of African American life in the city. Their tours highlight key landmarks and stories of pioneers who shaped Baltimore and the nation. By pairing a mural tour with a Black History Tour, schools and groups can create a powerful, full-day experience where students not only see the art but also understand the history that informs it.
Whether exploring graffiti, immigrant traditions, Latinx voices, or historic Black cultural corridors, Mural Art Tours Baltimore offers programs that connect students to their city in unforgettable ways. Each tour is interactive, standards-aligned, and designed to spark curiosity, making Baltimore itself the classroom.
Anything else teachers should know about you or your programs?
We do title 1 discounts, tours (during or after school), great photos for your school’s social media accounts! All tours ADA compliant and accessible! Tour can use a headset and speaker (upon request) to aid with hearing impaired attendees. Our offerings also include professional development opportunities with slideshows of how to create a unit based on street art. Can’t take your kids out on a tour? We can come to you with a film of a variety of sites narrated by Liz, live and in-person, for the film and Q&A with your students!
Learn more about Mural Art Tour’s programs on their website, and check them out on their Instagram on @mural_art_tours_baltimore!
