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
Sunday Family Art & Storytelling
Location: Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Sunday, December 7 | 11 am-noon
Instructor: Ginger Mimmo Rohlfing
Ages 3-5, with adult
Introduce your preschoolers to art experiences. Children will focus on one artwork, read a related story picture book and create an art project with their adult companion. A fun and engaging way for young children to enjoy art.
Toddler Tours & Artful Play
Location: Frances M. Maguire Hall, 9001 Germantown Avenue
Wednesday, December 10 | 10:30-11:30 am
Instructor: Liz Baill
Ages 2-5, with adult
$10-$15 adult, free for children (FREE for Woodmere Members)
Calling all artists who toddle! Join us for an hour of creative playtime in Woodmere's studios and galleries. Enjoy story time, a gallery walk, and an art project designed just for the museum's littlest visitors and their grown-ups.
Holiday Card Making Inspired by the Art of Jerry Pinkney
Location: Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | noon-2 pm
All ages
FREE
Celebrate the season by creating holiday cards inspired by the illustrations of Jerry Pinkney. Families will design their own cards using collage and a variety of materials that capture the warmth, rhythm, and musical storytelling of Pinkney’s art. All materials are provided—just bring your creativity and holiday spirit!
Kids Care 32 Reception
Location: Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | 1-3 pm
For all ages
FREE
Familes and friends of schools involved in Kids Care 32 are invited to celebrate the children's exhibition. Artworks are on display in the Helen Millard Children's gallery and will be wrapped and delivered along with holiday meals by MANNA (Metropolitian Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) to individuals homebound with chronic illness.
Light refreshments will be served.
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.
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 18 | 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.
