free things for kids to do

General admission is always free for kids age five and younger!

On the Go

Explore the museum with our mobile kids activities, which are available daily through August 31. You can check out Family Backpacks, Art Tubes, and Digital Gallery Games on level one of the Hamilton Building.

Family Backpacks

Tromp through the galleries making art, playing games, piecing together puzzles. Try a different adventure every time you visit.

Art Tubes

Not enough time for a Backpack? Each Art Tube has a bite-sized artmaking activity that you do in the galleries. Make your own western boots, design a hairdo based on an African mask, and more.

Keep Your Eyes Peeled

Hotspots (on hiatus Summer 2008) Make a posable horse, leave a promise with an African sculpture, create your own building—who knows what you'll find this weekend? Look for this sign, or ask for locations at a welcome center.

Find

Just for Fun Family Center

Touch, scribble, dress up, build, and play in this family-friendly area!

Kids Corner

Create your own mini-masterpiece.
Level 1, North Building

In the Galleries

You'll find fun stuff for kids—like our Architecture Viewmaster Game in Duncan Pavilion—on every floor of the museum. For a map of kids’activities that are available every day the museum is open, download our Free Things for Families brochure.

Family programs are supported by the Nancy Benson Educational Endowment Fund; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Citigroup Foundation grant hosted by Citigroup Private Bank and Smith Barney; Qwest Foundation Endowment; William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education Programs; HealthONE; Xcel Energy Foundation; James Kelley and Amie Knox; and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.