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, Nov 23
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,
Nov 23Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Fri,
Dec 6Free Pop-Up Dance Classes With Ailey Extension
6 pm
Open to all ages
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Free Friday Nights Artmaking
6:30–9:30 pm
Open to all ages
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Sun,
Dec 8Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
11 am
Open to all ages
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Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
1 pm
Open to all ages
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Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
3 pm
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2024
Open Studio
Select Saturdays
11 am–3 pm -
Story time with NYPL
Second Sundays
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All-ages Artmaking Inspired by Biennial Artist Eamon Ore-Giron
Apr 14, 2024
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All-ages Artmaking Inspired by Wanda Gág
Apr 14, 2024
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Families
Make Art with AARON and CENTOMar 10, 2024
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Story Time with NYPL
Mar 10, 2024
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Artmaking with Dyani White Hawk
Feb 11, 2024
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Family Open Studio: Nancy Baker Cahill
Feb 3, 2024
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Open Studio: Natalie Ball
Jan 27, 2024
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Roots of American Music
Jan 14, 2024
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Presenta: Raíces de la Música Estadounidense
Jan 14, 2024
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Recorridos Familiares
Jan 14, 2024
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Community Self-portraits
Jan 14, 2024
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Autorretratos Comunitarios
Jan 14, 2024
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Printing with Fruits and Veggies
Jan 14, 2024
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Imprimir con Frutas y Verduras
Jan 14, 2024
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2023
Family Tours
Select Saturdays
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My Harry: Stories, Songs, and Strings
Dec 9, 2023
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Open Studio
Select Saturdays
11 am–3 pm -
Candy and Collage: Halloween Family Day
Oct 28, 2023
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Harry Smith's Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream and other films with a live score by John Zorn
Oct 21, 2023
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Fiber and Print: Workshop with Dindga McCannon
Sept 30, 2023
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Telas y grabados: taller con Dindga McCannon
Sábado 30 de septiembre de 2023
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Open Studio: Explore Memory Map with Rachel Martin
July 29, 2023
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Recorridos Familiares
July 15, 2023
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Recorridos Familiares
July 15, 2023
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Whitney Pride Celebration Featuring Chitra Ganesh’s Queer Power Coloring Book and Bob’s Dance Shop
June 10, 2023
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Open Studio: Gabriela Salazar
Apr 22, 2023
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Recorridos Familiares
Jan 21, 2023
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Open Studio
Select Saturdays
11 am–3 pm