Kids + Families Activities and Programs
Experience new ways to discover the world with your family. Check out our unique events and programs for visitors of all ages and explore the intersection between learning and fun.
Upcoming Events
Member Preview Weekend
Thursday, June 24–Sunday, June 27, 2021
Beginning with After Dark on Thursday, June 24 and continuing through June 27 daytime hours, members and donors get special museum access. Let your curiosity roam free through hundreds of exhibits in six spacious indoor and outdoor galleries.
Storytime Science for Kids Online: The Energy and Motion Episode
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Join us for Storytime Science—a storybook read-aloud, followed by a simple activity geared toward young children. This June, Vivian Altmann reads One Flip, Two Flip, Three Flip, Four by Crystel Patterson, illustrated by Briana Young.
Aperture Lucida
Thursday, July 1, 2021–Sunday, October 10, 2021
Experience the delight of illusion in this new work by artist and inventor Tristan Duke. Upon first encounter, Aperture Lucida presents as a blank, monolithic cube centered in a large white space. As you approach, a holographic ball of light appears, unexpectedly exploding and dissolving as you walk into it.
