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Saturday Family Days

Satruday Family Days

Family Days offer a new way for families to spend their Saturday’s at the Museum!

Activity Carts
Hands-on art-making activities related to an exhibition or theme will be available at different locations.

Family-Friendly Tours 

Family-Friendly docent-led tours will be available on Saturdays.  These tours will incorporate more interactivity than typical docent-led tours.

Family Guides
Complimentary family guides corresponding to select exhibitions or themes may be available daily in select galleries. 

Participation in Saturday Family Days activities are included in the price of regular Museum admission. The program is designed for children 4 and up.


Step Right Up! 

Saturdays through October 2, 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

Families are the Center Ring Stars in the Circus Museum's Wagon Room! Family-friendly activities are available for children of all ages and are included in the price of regular Museum admission.

  1. Create a circus banner
  2. Joggle juggling balls
  3. Poise peacock feathers
  4. Clown around in costume and strike a pose
  5. Family Gallery Guides challenge your powers of observation


Threads of Gold

Saturdays From October 23 to December 12, 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

Weave together something fun for the family. Family-friendly activities are available for children of all ages and are included in the price of regular Museum admission.

  1. Weave connections between Ringling's Rubens and the Threads of Gold special Exhibition
  2. Receive your own loom and thread colored yarns to make your own woven masterpiece
  3. Visit the Threads of Gold special exhibition in the Searing wing for a complimentary detail hunt for families
  4. Witness demonstrations by live weavers from the American Tapestry Alliance


Download  Family Guides:

Worksheet Title
 Get Adobe Acrobat Reader  The Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance  877 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader  To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum  1,125 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader 

About Face 

1,620 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader  Garden Senses  1,286 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Heroes, Gods and Monsters  1,757 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Circus Wagons 1,197 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Cà d’Zan Architecture  1,080 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Ancient Art  856 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Baroque Still Life Paintings   822 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Clowning Around  1,032 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Fabrics of Cà d'Zan 3,555 KB
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader Bronze Sculpture 464 KB

 

 
Updated on 8/31/2010

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