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Families

Family Programs offer a unique, engaging, and often unexpected museum experience, full of fresh perspectives, playful activities, and numerous opportunities for artistic and cultural enrichment. Our diverse offerings for families include lively concerts and innovative art workshops.

Look for our fall brochure available in late summer.

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Concerts

Our calendar of family concerts includes an eclectic range of hip kids’ music, performed by well-known, award-winning musicians.

Sundays and Special Family Days

Sundays are for families at the Jewish Museum! Join us for art workshops, family concerts, Dig Drop-In, our new Picture This! program, and immersive Family Days. Family Day celebrations focus on a temporary exhibition or holiday and include large-scale art workshops and hip kids’ performances.

Workshops

Create works of art together in our studio using an array of artists’ materials and techniques inspired by our exhibitions. Join us for our Studio Art Sessions on Sundays, vacation week programs, and Access Family Programs.

Picture This!

Create art in the studio, share ideas in the galleries, listen to storybook readings with selections from the PJ Library, and enjoy live music in this exciting new series.

Art Explorers

During this monthly program for preschoolers and their families, explore the Museum’s exhibition Scenes from the Collection with themed tours and engaging gallery activities. Discover exciting works of art by Eva Hesse, Deborah Kass, Camille Pissarro, and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Then, get creative in our art studio and experiment with sculpture, painting, collage and other media.

Archaeological Dig

Discover our simulated archaeological dig and the treasures within during our Dig Drop-In program held every second Sunday of the month and Archaeology Mondays program once a month.

Children’s Exhibition

Archaeology Zone: Discovering Treasures from Playgrounds to Palaces, the Museum’s permanent exhibition for families, is inspired by our renowned collection of extraordinary artifacts. Discover artifacts from ancient times to the present day through interactive activities. Explore the Archaeological Dig programs.

Family Guides

When you visit the Museum, tour our exhibitions with a printed family guide, designed for families to use together while enjoying the art on view. You can also select and print your family guide in advance of your visit. Click on any thumbnail or title to download a PDF.

Gallery Guides & Activities

Past Exhibitions

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Holiday Art Activities

Explore the Jewish holidays with our activity guides for creating projects at home.
Click on any thumbnail or title to download a PDF.

Holiday Art Activities

Tips for Parents

How can my children and I better engage with art as a family?

  • Follow your child’s lead. What sparks his or her interest?
  • Look closely. List what you notice in a work of art. Explore the colors, shapes, textures, and materials that you see. Discuss what is happening in a scene.
  • Take your time. Give your kids time to make close observations.
  • Choose a theme. Plan your Museum visit around an idea or topic, such as people, place, nature, color, shape or materials. Hunt for specific images or objects in the galleries. Discuss the artwork by asking questions related to your theme. For example: Find a work of art that involves something from nature such as an animal, tree or plant. Have you ever seen this animal or plant before? Where? How is this work of art similar or different from the real animal or plant?
  • Ask open-ended questions, such as: What do you think is interesting about this work of art? What do you think is happening in this scene? Does this remind you of anything?

Family Partnerships

Immersive experiences for parents and children

The Jewish Museum is interested in engaging with families across the city, both on- and off-site. The Museum has been involved with the Literacy Through Culture program through its partnership with Cool Culture; has engaged with Parent Associations at the Dalton School and the Hannah Senesh Community Day School; and has partnered with organizations such as Reboot and Baby Loves Disco. We look forward to working with other like-minded organizations interested in family outreach.

For more information and inquiries about Family Partnerships, please contact familyprograms@thejm.org.