Community Day
If you're free for the day, so are we.
Wadsworth Atheneum Open House Free admission all day!
Next Date: Juneteenth celebration! June 21, 2008
Free admission, tours and programming all day long! Come celebrate with a fun-filled Free Day at the Wadsworth Atheneum, with: Family-friendly tours for all ages, gallery treasure hunts with the Art Smart Cards and hands-on activities with the Family ArtPacks, current exhibition tours, verbal imaging tours for the blind and partially sighted, and more.
Saturday Morning Art Explorers
Children and their adult companions explore art together in this fun, interactive program. A guided looking experience in the museum’s galleries is followed by a hands-on art-making project in the art studio. Recommended for children ages 6 – 10.
Child and adult: $20; Members: $15; $5 each additional child or adult.
Sign up for three workshops and SAVE!
Child and adult: $50; Members: $35; $5 each additional child or adult.
Advance registration is required; call (860) 838-4049.
Funky FacesJune 7
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Explore the way in which 20th century European artists portray the human form. Then, return to the studio to create a self-portrait mask done after the colorful, expressionistic style of the works you have seen in the gallery.
Instructor: Tina Mirto
Wednesday Morning Storybook Hour
Wednesday Morning Story Book Hour
Select 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, monthly
11:00 a.m. - noon
Free with museum admission
May 7, 21
June 4, 18
July 16
August 6, 20
Children, ages 3 - 6 (accompanied by an adult), are invited to a delightful morning of reading and adventure in the galleries, exploring the collection through the creative window of stories, myths, and tall tales. Advance registration is required. Classes of Pre-K and K students may participate, space permitting. For group rate information and to register please call (860) 838-4046.
Discovery Days, School Vacation Week
Make your family’s week off from school a week of creative expression and artful fun! Join museum teachers for a morning or afternoon of gallery explorations, interactive games, and art projects. Each day brings a new “discovery” and the program is repeated in the afternoon. No registration required. Please plan for at least one adult with every three children for the duration of the program. For more information call (860) 838-4049.
Recommended for ages 8 – 12, with an adult friend.
Free with museum admission
FEBRUARY - Discovery Days, School Vacation WeekWednesday – Saturday, February 20 - 23
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., repeated from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
This week, we “get outdoors”, exploring artists who painted nature and were influenced by natural forms, materials and the elements.
APRIL - Discovery Days, School Vacation WeekWednesday – Saturday, April 16 – 19, 2008
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., repeated from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Get contemporary with your art. Explore the range of art styles and media in galleries throughout the museum.
