Hands-On Activities

Pop-Up Library

Visitors looking at books on display in the National Gallery of Art Library.

Curious to know more about the works of art in the museum? The First Saturday Pop-Up Library features special selections from the National Gallery of Art Library along with quiet activities for kids. Leaf through pages of an exhibition catalog or settle in to read a whole chapter about an artist, movement, or theme.

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A kid playing with toys at a First Saturday event at the National Gallery of Art.

Hands-On Activities:  Kids' Play Space

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A very young visitor reading a children's book with a pacifier in it's mouth.

Talks & Conversations:  Storytime: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Visitors enjoy artmaking in the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden

Hands-On Activities:  Drop-in Artmaking with National Museum of Natural History

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