Art Museum Activities
Art Activities for Kids & Families in Michigan
6 art museums in Michigan publish workshops, drop-in studios, and family programs — 43 activities coming up, 26 of them free. Listings come straight from each museum’s own events calendar and refresh daily.
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- ArtBreak: “Kalamazoo…and how it grew!”: A Model American City Tours Europe at Mid-Century
- John James Audubon: Entrepreneur, Naturalist, Patriot, Fraud
- South Street Print Fest
- Adult Workshop: Screen Printing with Stencils
- Drop-In Studio: Lego Block Printing
- Gallery Chat: Abstract Art
- Gallery Gathering: Sheila Pree Bright’s Cotton and Dulce Pinzón’s Catwoman
- Wonder Walk: Big Paintings
- ¡Noche de Familia!
- Artist-Led Workshop: Map-Making with Jerry Gretzinger
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab
- Jerry Gretzinger: He Won’t Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place
- Exhibition Tour: Holly Bass, We Hold These Truths
- Express Yourself! Free Teen Writing Workshop
- Super Saturday
- Art Detectives: Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind by Cynthia Grady
- Community Day
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab
- Art Making Activities for All Ages
- Gallery Chat: Sketching
- High School Portfolio Day
- On Art Lecture | Gertrude Abercrombie: Simple Things Made Strange
- On Art Lecture | Gertrude Abercrombie: Simple Things Made Strange
- Film Screening: The Cats of Mirikitani
- Gallery Chat: Exploring Colors in Art
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab & Marigolds
- Explore & Create: Gallery Game Night
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab & Marigolds
- Gallery Chat: A Shared Vision
- Artful Evening: Intergenerational Impacts of the Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab & Marigolds
- Wonder Walk: Artful Animals
- Super Saturday
- Gallery Chat: Sketching
- Book Discussion: Whistler by Ann Patchett
- Artful Evening: Joy Light Lecture: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and the Way of Tea
- Library Activity: Bookish Beasts
- Wonder Walk: Artful Outfits
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab
- Gallery Gathering: Statement Pieces
- Drop-In Studio: Creativity Lab
- Gallery Chat: Sketching
- Gallery Chat: A Shared Vision
Art museums in Michigan
- Detroit Institute of ArtsDetroit, MICheck the museum calendarOfficial site
- Grand Rapids Art MuseumGrand Rapids, MI18 upcoming · 16 freeOfficial site
- Kalamazoo Institute of ArtsKalamazoo, MI18 upcoming · 3 freeOfficial site
- University of Michigan Museum of ArtAnn Arbor, MI2 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
- MSU Broad Art MuseumEast Lansing, MICheck the museum calendarOfficial site
- Muskegon Museum of ArtMuskegon, MI5 upcoming · 5 freeOfficial site