Family Happenings
Explore Woodmere as a family and discover the adventure and fun of the Museum’s interactive family programs. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Admission to the Museum is free to parents and guardians whose children participate in family happenings.
Upcoming Family Happenings
Kids' Artmaking Adventures | Weekend Drop-In Center
Location: Frances M. Maguire Hall, Children's Studio, 9001 Germantown Avenue
Saturdays | 10:30 am-noon, 12:30-2 pm, and 2:30-4 pm
Sundays | noon-1:30 pm and 2-3:30 pm
Ages 4-12, with adult on premises
FREE, Pre-registration recommended
Join us for Kids' Artmaking Adventures at Woodmere's new Children's Studio at the Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education. Stop by the studio's Weekend Drop-In Center throughout November, Saturday sessions: 10:30 am-noon; 12:30- 2 pm; 2:30-4pm; Sunday sessions: noon-1:30 pm; 2-3:30 pm.
Art projects in the studio will change on a weekly basis. Visit often to create a variety of different artworks!
Registration is recommended. Online pre-registration will close 24 hours prior to a scheduled session. If online registration is closed and a session is not sold out, please register upon arrival to the studio.
We are grateful to the PHLY Foundation and the MacDonald Family for their generous support of the Children's Studio.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Program
Location: Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Monday, January 19 | 12:30-3 pm
All ages
FREE
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a family program that invites children and adults to learn, reflect, and create together. Families will learn how Dr. King and others took action for freedom and justice to ensure that all people are treated fairly and equally. The program begins with storytelling and artmaking focusing on legendary figures who bravely stood up for civil rights such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, John Lewis and more. Through shared activities, families will connect these stories to ideas of courage, kindness, fairness, and working together to build a stronger community.
A 2 pm performance by the award-winning team Hip Hop Fundamentals will present an interactive program of breakdancing and storytelling where children will experience American Civil Rights history in a new way, centered around Dr. King 's message of LOVE.
Enjoy an afternoon that honors Dr. King’s legacy and inspires families to think about how they can help make positive change in their own communities every day.
Family Day with The Clay Studio, Claymobile
In conjunction with Planting in Place, Time, and Memory: The Art of Syd Carpenter
Location: Studio Building, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Saturday, April 11 | 11 am-12:30 pm
All ages
FREE, Pre-registration required, seating limited
CLAYMOBILE, a program of The Clay Studio, is a “pop-up” ceramics studio that provides fun and engaging experiences to nurture children's imagination with the tactile medium of clay. Teaching artists bring all the supplies needed for children to create and bring home their own clay creations.
Participants will be able to visit the exhibition Planting in Place, Time, and Memory to enjoy the art of Syd Carpenter.
