In the midst of COVID-19 restrictions, that's what high school art teacher Gabrielle Quigley has done for her students at Elonera Montessori School in Mount Ousley.

They currently have two-thirds of the Jim and Elaine Wolfensohn suitcase exhibition on loan, with teens able to carefully handle and inspect the various artworks and artefacts for a hands-on learning experience.

"We don't tell the students how much the works are worth," Ms Quigley said.

"Some of them are quite old and gobsmackingly expensive. On the hot and sweaty days ... I normally get them to put on white cotton gloves when handling the works.

"There's a lot of trust involved and I've always found the students behave accordingly; they've never been silly with them."

The travelling exhibition comes in three parts (or suitcases) and are aptly called: Red Case, Yellow Case and Blue Case. They each have different themes of "space and design", "technology" and "myths and rituals".

Lending out the artwork treasure troves isn't a first for Ms Quigley or the gallery, with the artefacts having toured to schools, libraries, community centres, regional galleries and nursing homes since their development in 1990, according to the NGA's website.

The travelling exhibition was facilitated in 1988 when Jim and Elaine Wolfensohn donated funds to enable the gallery to buy museum-quality works for an outreach program.

"The sculptures are fascinating - to study the unique style of each one," said Year 8 student Isabella Taranto.

"I'm surprised at the amount of work that has gone into the design of the suitcases themselves as they are a real insight into how the gallery makes sure the works are protected."

Ms Quigley said by bringing the exhibition into the classroom it gave students a "visually appealing learning space along with the concepts of classroom community, freedom of choice and the movement to explore".

Elonera Montessori School is a non-profit World School that has been in the region for 33 years, delivering education for children from 12 months to Year 12.

Community organisations can apply to the NGA to borrow the cases for four weeks at a time.