GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
VISITING THE U.K. W.S. WEBB MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Welcome to the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology! For many primary and
secondary school students, this field trip will be their first experience on a college campus. This is
an academic environment which must be respected. Teachers can help significantly by impressing
upon students prior to the visit that the university community is similar to a small city. Well over
30,000 people occupy the UK campus daily during the school year, including many handicapped
students as well as older scholars aged 60-90.

All visiting groups must STRICTLY OBSERVE the regulations listed below:

a) The Museum exhibit areas are located adjacent to the Department of Anthropology offices
and classrooms in Lafferty Hall. Visiting groups awaiting a tour SHOULD NOT congregate in the
Museum lobby or hallways because the noise is disruptive to University classes meeting in nearby
classrooms. Groups SHOULD NOT congregate in the area immediately outside the entrance, to
avoid blocking University student access to the building. Groups must enter Lafferty Hall by the
Front Door Only. Do not use other entrances into classroom/office areas. Visiting groups should
quietly form a single line in the lobby area for general announcements/ instructions to their groups.

b) The Museum staff expect that control of students will be strictly maintained by the
teachers inside the Museum, the lobby area, and immediately outside the building. The Museum
requires one adult leader for every 10-12 students, as do other University units that regularly host
student tour groups. Please follow the directions of the Museum staff regarding control of your
students.

c) NO FOOD OR DRINKS in Museum exhibit areas or the lobby (no candy, no chewing
gum, no soft drinks, etc.) NO RUNNING INSIDE THE BUILDING or on sidewalks. REMEMBER
we have classes in session all day long. The water fountain and bathrooms are located beyond the
Museum lobby on the left side of the hallway leading to the Department offices. Museum visitors
may use these facilities, but one teacher or other adult monitor must accompany each pair of
students.

d) Appropriate teacher preparation is necessary prior to a visit to the Museum so that the
students will know what to expect upon arrival. Loud or unruly groups WILL BE ASKED TO
LEAVE THE MUSEUM before their tour is completed.

We ask you to observe these regulations in order to give your students the best possible Museum
experience. Since other teachers, adult leaders, or parents will accompany students and assist in
control of your group, please pass copies of this notice along to each of them. Thank you.

GUIDELINES FOR OTHER UK TOURS

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY TOURS: If your group exceeds 30-35, two or more adults must
be scheduled to accommodate people in the Museum as we are a small facility and group size is
controlled by firecode law. Additionally, a better learning experience can be gained by smaller groups
of children. Display cases are about five feet in width and large groups cannot view them easily. If
bringing two or more classes, alternate tours must be planned while one is in progress in our Museum
(as in most other units also). School groups are not permitted to congregate in halls or at building
entrances while awaiting their individual visit. To schedule one of the following tours, make those
reservations personally as visiting groups must make special arrangements with the individual
campus units prior to a visit. If on campus for the day, teachers can make use of several facilities
with good pre-planning.

ART MUSEUM: (859) 257-5716. School Tours are available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Friday from 9:30-12, when the Art Museum is closed to the public. As a second choice, tours can
be scheduled M-F during the afternoon hours by pre-arrangement. Several tours can be reserved at
the same time. Group limit: 30. 1 hour. (Students are divided into groups of 10-12 each) Minimum
two week advance notice.

SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: (859) 257-1706. View rehearsal and concert halls;
dressing rooms and tuning rooms. Guide discusses function of this center, music, acoustics of
building, etc. Two week advance notice. Inquire about group limits.

U.K. VISITOR CENTER: (859) 257-3595. In addition to the following, other activities are often
scheduled.

a) English double-decker bus tours University campus to points of interest. Special script
used by tour guide for pre-school and early elementary students. Regular tours for all others, youth
and adult. This tour is available weather permitting.

b) Patterson Office Tower- Panoramic view of Lexington from 18th floor. This is the
University's showplace location for visiting dignitaries as well as the formal meeting place for the
Board of Trustees, the President of U.K. and the Governor when here on official business; Presidents
of the United States, as well, are entertained here. Strictly limited to 10-15 persons per tour. Two
week advance notice is required.

c) Other campus tours are available M-F at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, and on Saturdays,
September through April.

d) Older students who might be interested in learning about university admissions and other
relevant information about attending UK can attend group sessions on Friday at 9:00 am and 1:00
pm or schedule one-on-one sessions with their families, M-Th and Saturday.

STUDENT CENTER ACTIVITIES BOARD OFFICE: (859) 257-8867. Call for information about
the varied ongoing calendar of campus activities for visitors.

STUDENT CENTER OFFICE: (859) 257-5781. Call for a list of interesting events often scheduled
in this complex. Browse around the Student Center at any time. Video game room, candy, and snack
bars. Look around with your students in the Rasdall Gallery (2nd floor) and Martin Luther King
Culture Center, Room 124 (large groups, call 257-4130). Frequent and varied exhibits for youth and
adults. Connects by skybridge or walkway to STUDENT CENTER ANNEX: TV rooms, theaters
and a campus bookstore-variety shopping and all kinds of U.K. sports gear and trinkets.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBIT: (859) 257-3779. Biological Sciences
Teaching Lab, Room 214, Morgan Biological Sciences Building. A tour of living marine animals and
cold blooded animals/vertebrae is available on a restricted schedule of Monday only. The tour
includes turtles, snakes, frogs, and fish and various marine wildlife. It also includes a tour of the
laboratory (skeletons and test tube specimens). Please call a week or 2 weeks in advance. Group
limit: 20.

LUNCH/SNACK BREAKS

Avoid restaurants on or near campus during the noon hour. Large groups MUST make prior
arrangements with campus dining units.

1. Arby's, Fazoli’s, McDonald's and other restaurants nearby.
2. U.K. STUDENT CENTER CAFETERIA or GRILL. Food and snack bars. Deli soup and
sandwiches. Pizza, hamburgers, ice cream and soft drink bars. Groups of 50 or more
wishing to be seated together, call 257-1720.
3. OVID’S CAFE. Small, cafe with a great selection of salads, soups, sandwiches and various
entrees. Limited seating, limited hours. Located in the William T. Young Library.
4. BLAZER HALL COURTYARD RESTAURANT. (Facing Martin Luther King Blvd.) directly
across Euclid Ave. behind Student Center. Cafertia-style hot lunches. Prior plans
required for any size group-simple, inexpensive meals available. Call 257-2646.
5. The Art Museum can sometimes provide for groups bringing brown bag lunches to campus,
257-5716, when making tour plans.