Art Museum Activities
Art Activities for Kids & Families in California
12 art museums in California publish workshops, drop-in studios, and family programs — 118 activities coming up, 68 of them free. Listings come straight from each museum’s own events calendar and refresh daily.
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- Boone Children's Gallery
- Personal Connections (Virtual)
- Boone Children's Gallery
- Live Model Drawing
- Communities Create LA! Magical Mini Treasure Chest
- Melissa Auf der Maur and Shirley Manson in Conversation
- Drawing with Oil Pastel
- Art & Play (Ages 3–5)
- Lunchtime Art Talk on Huguette Caland
- Kingsley Lecture Series: Paul Ramirez Jonas
- Communities Create LA! Harvest Hues
- Boone Children's Gallery
- Crafting Resin Art
- Boone Children's Gallery
- Material Explosion: Paint a Fall Sene
- Family Art Adventures
- Material Explosion: Paint a Fall Scene
- Community Day: Día de Los Muertos
- Artist-at-Work: Making Mosaics | Artista en acción: Creación de mosaicos
- Modern Mosaics: Family Workshop | Mosaicos modernos: taller familiar
- Grand Ave Arts: All Access 2026
- Boone Children's Gallery
- Art Lab
- Talk: Jon L. Pitt
- Sketching at the Historic Sacramento City Cemetery
- Roam the Bouquet!: Introducing Jan Davidsz. de Heem
- The Hidden Influence of Nubia in Ancient Egypt
- SJSU Art Galleries Tuesday Night Lecture: Lua Vollaard
- A Painterly Pursuit with Reggie Burrows Hodges
- Walk with a Naturalist: October 2026
- Lunchtime Art Talk on Huguette Caland
- Lunchtime Art Talk on Mavis Pusey
- Chef Marcus Samuelsson in Conversation
- Chef Marcus Samuelsson in Conversation with Laurie Ochoa & Sandra Jackson-Dumont
- Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema
- Art Journaling
- Artistic Practice: Roxana Velásquez in Conversation with Artist Betsabeé Romero
- Trick Art Treat
- Art Lab
- A Journey through the Grand Egyptian Museum
- Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
- Techniques in Dip Pen and Ink for Beginners
- Fall Adult Ceramics Session 2
- Wrenching News Workshops
- Artful Tot
- Studio Visit with Guadalupe Rosales
- Perspective Drawing for Beginners
- Art Lab
- When the Holy Family Went Viral
- Crafting Seasonal Soap
- Images and Imagination: Collage Workshop (Bilingual)
- Artist-at-Work: Serigraphy | Artista en acción: Serigrafía
- Mapping Utopias
- Learning from Laura Aguilar
- Wee Wednesday
- Art & Play (Ages 0–2)
- Art Break: An Ancient Beauty Contest Through a New Lens
- Artist-at-Work: Making Mosaics | Artista en acción: Creación de mosaicos
- Modern Mosaics: Family Workshop | Mosaicos modernos: taller familiar
- Sketching in the Galleries
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Art museums in California
- J. Paul Getty MuseumLos Angeles, CA31 upcoming · 29 freeOfficial site
- Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles, CA9 upcoming · 7 freeOfficial site
- Hammer MuseumLos Angeles, CA13 upcoming · 13 freeOfficial site
- The San Diego Museum of ArtSan Diego, CA4 upcoming · 1 freeOfficial site
- Norton Simon MuseumPasadena, CA7 upcomingOfficial site
- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA6 upcoming · 6 freeOfficial site
- Crocker Art MuseumSacramento, CA25 upcomingOfficial site
- Orange County Museum of ArtCosta Mesa, CA6 upcoming · 6 freeOfficial site
- San Jose Museum of ArtSan Jose, CA5 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
- Santa Barbara Museum of ArtSanta Barbara, CA6 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchiveBerkeley, CA4 upcomingOfficial site
- Palm Springs Art MuseumPalm Springs, CA2 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site