Family Guide

• If you could choose an artwork from the museum to have in your room at home, which one would you choose? Where would you put it?
• If you could give an artwork gift of anything in the museum to someone, who would you give it to and what would it be?
• If you could jump into an artwork and walk around in it, which artwork would it be?
• What is your favorite artwork you’ve seen so far today? What is your least favorite?
• If you could meet someone you've seen in an artwork, who would it be and why?

Visit the Landscape Studio to explore how artists use different techniques and their imaginations to bring landscape paintings to life.

Visit The 19th Century in European and American Art gallery and go on Rip’s Adventure! Piece together clues—marked with a paw print—to follow the trail of friendly dog Rip, and ensure he is back where he belongs.

View the Wonderscape to catch the latest creative showcase displaynig art by young people and student artists in our community.

Stop by the Creative Hub to try a number of activities that tap into your own creativity.

In the Her Brush: Japanese Women Artists from the Fong-Johnstone Collection exhibition, look for the artist slip activity. Go on a quest to find special boxes you can open that contain artist slips you can take. Collect all the artist slips into a foldable screen you can take home as a keepsake. You can also try your hand at creating your own artist slip to add to you collection.

Drop by Family Central, a kid-friendly space, for creative and hands-on activities! Act out artwork-stories in colorful costumes, build sculptures with wooden blocks, and decorate a miniature museum.

In the Design Studio, learn about the process of design, try out your own design thinking, and get creative!

See what’s happening in the Artist-in-Residence Studio and explore the dynamic galleries.

Create a textile together with the Tunic tile activity. Add a design that represents who you are to this community textile!

In the Latin American Art galleries, go on the hunt for extraordinary artworks and materials.

In the Korean lacquer box activity, create a standout design for a box inspired by Korean lacquer art.

Seek and find gallery books to read together! See artworks come to life in two storybooks perfect for kids and their grownups.

And with the touchable story box, you can flip through the panels to spot key scenes and discover more about the incredible stories!

Visit the Thread Studio to for hands-on activities related to fashion and textiles.

Use the Family Labels to explore the Western American Art galleries through artists’ creations and your own imagination. Also look for a board book about a bunny who hops in and out of artworks.