Families
Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at home artmaking challenges that encourage kids and adults to learn about art together.
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Open Studio
On Saturdays, families with kids of all ages are invited to get creative at the Whitney! Join us to make your own art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions. Each week we offer a different artmaking project.
Next event
Sat, Jul 20
Family Tours
Join us for short, interactive family tours of kid-friendly works on view! Learn about art together through lively discussion and fun gallery activities. Family tours are offered on select Saturdays in both Spanish and English. Check the calendar for tour times.
Art Challenge at Home
Want to inspire the young artists in your family? Take on these art projects designed especially for kids and grown-ups to do together at home.
Activity Guides
Explore the galleries with kid-friendly activity guides in English and Spanish. Print the guide at home or pick one up at the Whitney. Each guide is filled with activities that will prompt you and your child to look, think, and wonder together.
Recorridos Familiares
Invitamos a las familias de habla hispana y a sus infancias de cinco años o más, a que recorran las salas del museo junto al personal docente del Whitney, y participen en divertidas actividades grupales de creación artística. Quédense después de la visita guiada para crear arte en nuestro programa Open Studio para familias con infancias de todas las edades.
Free Second Sundays
Admission to the Whitney is free all day on the second Sunday of every month. Visitors of all ages enjoy artmaking, activities, tours, classes, and other special events that celebrate Whitney exhibitions and community events.
Upcoming Family Events
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Sat,
July 20Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
July 27Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Open Studio: JJJJJerome Ellis
11 am–2 pm
For families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
Aug 3Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sun,
Aug 11Story time with NYPL
11 am
Open to all ages
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Recorridos Familiares
11 am
Para familias con infantes de cinco años o más
Family Event Archive
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2015
Whitney Wees: The City Inside Out!
Sept 12, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Drawing America
Sept 12, 2015
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Sept 12, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
Aug 15, 2015
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Drop-In Family Tours:
America Is Hard to SeeAug 8, 2015
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Open Studio
Aug 7, 2015
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Open Studio: Tom Berry
July 24, 2015
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Drop-In Family Tours:
America Is Hard to SeeJuly 11, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
July 11, 2015
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Open Studio
July 10, 2015
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Open Studio
June 20, 2015
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
June 20, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
June 13, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Draw the City!
June 6, 2015
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Open Studio
June 6, 2015
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Whitney Wees: Artist as Experimenter
June 6, 2015
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Whitney Kids Opening
May 16, 2015
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Open Studio
May 3, 2015
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2014
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
Oct 19, 2014
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Early Bird Special: Try This! Gallery Experiments
Oct 19, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
Oct 11, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Koons’s Characters
Oct 11, 2014
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Sketching Tour: Jeff Koons’s Paintings and Sculptures
Oct 11, 2014
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Jeff Koons Family Day
Sept 27, 2014
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Special Family Program: Casting Workshop
Sept 20, 2014
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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
Sept 19, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
Sept 13, 2014
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Sketching Tour: What inspires Jeff Koons?
Sept 13, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Everyday Objects
Sept 13, 2014
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Sept 13, 2014