Families
Summer Passport Program: Art + History + Science
From June to August 2024, take a trip with your North Carolina museums! Explore and connect on a family-friendly adventure. To start, pick up your passport at any of these state museums:
- NC Museum of Art (NCMA)
- NC Museum of History (NCMH)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS)
Complete scavenger hunts and get your passport stamped at all three museums to earn a FREE NC Traveler patch! Grab your passport from the East Building Tickets and Information Desk or the Welcome Center to get started.
Community Days
Get to know your Museum with special access for all ages during free community days. Meet artists, create your own projects, and discover the arts up close with fun activities for the whole family.
Family-Friendly Tours
Discover new-to-you works of art or say hi to old favorites with playful thematic tours led by NCMA docents. Enjoy a family-friendly tour in the Museum galleries or discover art in the Park on a What’s That Sculpture? tour.
Families with children ages 5–11
Free with registration
What’s in the Box?
Have fun while exploring art together! Workshops include close encounters with works of art, movement and sensory play, and art activities that stretch the imagination.
Families with children ages 3–5
Ticket purchase required
Family Studio
Kids and adults dive into discussions about works of art to make inspired connections between hands-on art making and creative thinking. Learn from expert artists to create your own art while exploring artists’ processes, art materials, and art skills.
Families with children ages 5–11
Ticket purchase required
Artful Story Time
Join us for lively story sessions inspired by art! Look around, listen to children’s books, and move and play with featured readers as we make connections with original works of art.
Families with children ages 18 months–5 years
Free with registration
Discover on Your Own: NCMA to Go Activity Kits
Get creative with NCMA art and artists at home! Pick up an activity kit with materials for a complete hands-on project plus written instructions (in English and Spanish). Find kits at the Museum on distribution days or in select public libraries across the state.
Free with registration
Discover on Your Own: Park Packs
Discover on Your Own: Art and Nature Packs
Families with children ages 3-10
Free to borrow; check out at the Welcome Center and West Building
Borrow these family resources to enhance your Museum Park adventure. Both the Art and Nature Packs are filled with activity guides, in English and Spanish, as well as materials to explore art and nature across our campus.
Descúbrelo por tu cuenta: paquetes de naturaleza y arte
Familias con niños de entre 3 y 10 años
Gratis para pedir prestado: ve al Centro de Bienvenida o al Edificio Oeste
Toma prestados estos recursos familiares para mejorar tu aventura en el parque del museo. Tanto los paquetes de naturaleza como los de arte están llenos de guías de actividades en inglés y en español, y de materiales para explorar el arte y la naturaleza en nuestro campus.
NCMA Camps
Children never experience the Museum’s galleries, expansive Park trails, and vibrant studio spaces the way they do during camp at the NCMA.
Ticket purchase required
Family Resources
There are many ways to explore art, nature, and people in the Museum galleries, Park, and at home with our favorite resources for families.
