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Heading on school trips to New York is a wonderful way to enable pupils to experience one of the greatest cultural cities in the world - making the Big Apple particularly ideal for art-themed tours. The wide range of museums and galleries in New York means you'll be able to explore a host of different works by some of the biggest names in art - and the fact that many of these establishments host their collections online means you can continue your students' artistic education after arriving back in the UK. One of the most famous art galleries in the world is the Guggenheim, which hosts pieces by artists ranging from Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali to Rene Magritte and Francis Bacon. Artwork by the likes of Vincent Van Gogh - including The Starry Night and The Olive Trees - and Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Jacob Lawrence can also be seen at the Museum of Modern Art. For a focus on pieces by US artists, why not head to the Whitney Museum of American Art? Here you can see works by artists such as Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder and Isabel Bishop, among others. The establishment's collection contains items dating all the way back to the early 19th century, offering a fascinating insight into American history in the process. Another famous New York attraction is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which could be the perfect place to visit if you want to take in more work by Van Gogh and Monet, as well as paintings by Fra Filippo Lippi and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. European art is the main focus of one other major establishment in the Big Apple - The Frick Collection. Founded by industrialist Henry Clay Frick in the early 20th century, the mansion hosts an astonishing array of art by big names such as Titian, John Constable, Rembrandt, J M W Turner and El Greco. Of course, if you want to take your pupils to venues offering a more diverse range of traditional and contemporary art, New York is one of the best places in the world to do so. There are dozens of smaller galleries and museums to visit for a look at niche art forms and works by lesser-known artists, so you should be able to plan your itinerary based on whatever your art class is studying at the moment. For art-themed school trips to New York, see what STS Travel has to offer in the way of school travel tours and packages. Whether you want to take in works by the most famous artists in the world or experience newer art forms, trips to the Big Apple can be educational for all.
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