Youth and Family

Make cool art, take a playful tour, and enjoy creative inspiration together with our fun-filled events and hands-on activities in the Museum galleries and Park.

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.

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Two adults and an adolescent pose on a brick retaining wall in front of two trees. The adolescent holds up a pink print with the words "North Carolina Museum of Art" along the top.

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

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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

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A group of children play in front of an abstract painting of two bold black forms floating on a warm orange field, with ragged edges and white flecks suggesting motion and contrast. A person with their arms in the air stands in front of the children.

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

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A person and a child use a relief print to stamp patterns on a colorfully painted surface.

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–4 years

Free with registration

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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

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A clear plastic folder with papers sticking out of the top. A sticker on the folder reads, "NCMA to Go Art Activity Kit." Craft sticks lie on either side of the folder.

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.

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