Family Programs

Our Family Programs are designed for families with children ages 3-12.  We hope to see you and your family at the Museum soon!

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Family Visits

Visiting a museum with your family can be a meaningful experience.  See below for ways you can maximize your visit for everyone in the family!

Looking Together
Children can learn a tremendous amount by looking closely at works of art: they can sharpen their observational skills, tap into their imaginations, and develop an arts vocabulary that allows them to respond to what they are seeing.  To help encourage closer looking within the galleries, we suggest you:
- Ask open-ended questions such as: "What do you see in this work?" followed by "What do you see that makes you say that?";
- Play "I Spy" with things like texture, shapes, and objects depicted within the works; and
- Bring a pencil (not pen) and paper to the gallery to sketch a work or to write a story about a work of art that interests you.

Family Guide
For special exhibitions, we offer a guide for families to help navigate the galleries.  These guides are free and available at the front desk of the Museum, and include information about the exhibition, artists, and interactive activities you can do with your child.

Family Corners
Located right in the midst of our galleries, our Family Corners offer a way that you and your kids can sit, play with objects, read picture books, and think about what you have seen.  Family Corners are designed specifically with kids in mind so be sure to stop by during your visit.

Look and Learn with Hoot

The Mississippi Museum of Art hosts an event for children up to age 5 and their parents. This educational opportunity features a hands-on art activity and story time. Please dress for mess. Keep on the look out for Hoot the Owl, the Museum's education mascot, wherever there are learning opportunities.  

Look and Learn with Hoot
Mississippi Museum of Art
10:30AM 
FREE ADMISSION
45 minute program.

UPCOMING DATES:

Friday, May 17, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013

This program is generously sponsored by

Family Days

Throughout the year, the Museum hosts special Saturday events just for families.  These often include storytelling, art-making, in-gallery activities, and much more. Stay tuned for upcoming dates.