Día de los Muertos is a Mexican festival celebrated every year from October 31 – November 2 in commemoration of deceased friends and family members. Create a colorful sugar skull mask and enjoy other unique crafts to celebrate this holiday tradition. Contribute to a communal ofrenda and enjoy storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. …
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Get ready for Halloween! Make an adorable pumpkin-shaped bag to hold your treasures.
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. In honor of the many Russian-born artists that were a part of the Taos and Santa Fe artist colonies, create a matryoshka: traditional Russian dolls that nest one inside …
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Use the many beautiful landscape paintings in the exhibition New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West as inspiration for making your own pop-up landscape …
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Inspired by Agnes Sims’ abstracted wooden sculptures, Deer Dancers, in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West, kids can create their own Deer Dancer …
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. To celebrate the spooky month of October, create your own portrait whose eyes follow you wherever you go.
Come in your best Steampunk (or Halloween) get-up for the Museum’s fall celebration. Create your own Steampunk accessories: bowtie or broach and goggles. Explore the Design-a-Robot maker space and create your own mini ‘bot out of everyday objects. Try your hand at fast-draw target practice, look out for a penny-farthing and learn a dance or …
Explore the colorful landscapes in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West, then tear, shred and strip colored paper to design a unique layered landscape and create rain art. Kids will learn about background, middle ground and foreground in this fun activity. Enjoy storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. …
