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, Sep 28
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,
Sept 28Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
Oct 5Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sun,
Oct 13Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
11 am
Open to all ages
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Drawing in the Grove
11 am–2 pm
For all ages
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All Ages Artmaking: Art in Motion
11 am–4 pm
Open to all ages
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Music to Dance To: Music that Inspired Alvin Ailey with Jazz at Lincoln Center
11:30 am
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2011
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection
Sept 16, 2011
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Pro Tools with Cory Arcangel
Sept 10, 2011
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Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection
July 29, 2011
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Singular Visions
June 17, 2011
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Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools
June 10, 2011
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Artist Project: Aki Sasamoto
May 21, 2011
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Chalk It Up!
May 21, 2011
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Now and Then: Whitney Family Programs on the High Line
May 21, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Talking Text
Apr 9, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Framing the Photograph
Apr 9, 2011
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Glenn Ligon: AMERICA
Mar 18, 2011
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Art School: Photography
Mar 5, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Looking at Lines
Mar 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Working with Words
Mar 5, 2011
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Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection
Feb 25, 2011
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Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
Feb 18, 2011
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Art School: Figuring Out the Figure
Feb 5, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Picturing People
Feb 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Cityscapes and Landscapes
Feb 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Cityscapes and Landscapes
Feb 5, 2011
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Art School: Sculpture
Jan 8, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Everyday Objects
Jan 8, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Sculpture and Installation
Jan 8, 2011
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2010
Artist’s Choice Workshop: E.V. Day
Dec 11, 2010
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Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork
Dec 10, 2010
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Whitney Wees: Hats Off! Clothing as Costume
Dec 4, 2010
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Thinking about Transformation
Dec 4, 2010
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Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective
Dec 3, 2010
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Family Opening
Nov 19, 2010
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Art School: Painting
Nov 6, 2010