The Chazen Museum of Art is first and foremost an educational resource for the students and faculty of the UW-Madison. The museum actively cooperates with academic departments and/or individual faculty members of any descipline on campus to integrate its collections, exhibitions, and programs with their curricula.The museum's resources are readily available to students interested in extra-curricular exploration of the visual arts and the museum profession.

Casual Visitors

The Chazen Museum dedicates 70% of its 26,000 square feet of exhibition space to the display of its permanent collection. Ten to twelve temporary loan exhibitions are mounted in the other display areas each year. All exhibitions are free of charge and open to the public. The Chazen Museum encourages independent browsing of its galleries and provides resources to facilitate the visitor's understanding and appreciation of its displays.

K–12

Working closely with teachers, museum educators design and implement programs to integrate the museum's permanent and temporary displays with Wisconsin school curriculum standards. Approaches range from appreciation of manufacturing skills, understanding content, and aesthetic appreciation of the objects, to learning about their historical and cultural context.

Visual Art Devotees

Museum files are rich in information about objects in the collection; reproductions of works of art are available for study, publication, or personal enjoyment. Museum staff members have expertise in various aspects of art history, collecting, and connoisseurship. The museum also organizes trips to special exhibitions at other museums, offers special study opportunities, and occasions for interactions with others with like interests.

Organized Groups

Trained docents are available to guide organized groups through Chazen Museum of Art exhibitions.

Visitors with Disabilites

Both the north and south entrances to the Chazen Museum of Art have ramp approaches from the Murray Street side of the building and power assist doors.

A guided descriptive Whistlestop Tour of permanent collection displays, recommended for teens and adults, is available to visitors who are blind or have low vision.

For an overview of the permanent displays, the Chazen provides a self-guided Audio Tour. For the hard of hearing, a neck-loup coupler, which connects to a personal hearing aid, is available on request, as is a script of the tape in large print.