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In the meantime we recommend the following family-friendly programs and activities:

Programs

• Drop-in Art Making
• Sketchbook Club
• Virtual Artful Conversations
• Storytime

Activities

• National Gallery of Art Scavenger Hunt
• Ten Digital Education Resources from the National Gallery of Art
• Kids West Building Tour: Featured Selections (multiple languages). 

We hope to see you back here soon!

How do you investigate a work of art? This program helps children make careful observations, analyze artists’ choices, ask questions, and use their imagination while exploring works of art. Led by museum educators, each program includes reading a children’s book, exploring one work of art in the galleries, and completing a simple hands-on activity. Each program is approximately 60 minutes.

These free drop-in programs are designed for individual families on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no advance registration and space is limited, so please plan accordingly. We will only accept sign-in for children in the age range for which the program is tailored. Groups cannot be accommodated in the program.

Images from past tours. Click to enlarge.