Family & Youth

Sunday, January 18, noon - 3:00 p.m. All ages | Free Celebrate Chinese New Year at the Delaware Art Museum with art projects, special performances, games, and art demonstrations. The celebration will include a traditional Taiwanese puppet show by The Happy Puppetry Company as well as a Chinese yo-yo demonstration from the Chinese American Community Center Yo-Yo Club. This program is presented in conjunction with the Hanlin Chinese Culture Association.

Sunday, March 1, noon - 3:00 p.m.
All ages | Free

Travel back in time to Victorian England with make-and-take art projects and Victorian entertainment inspired by the Delaware Art Museum’s special exhibition Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London. This family event will feature Professor Horn’s traditional and popular English puppet show, Punch & Judy, as well as Victorian music from Delaware’s The Ardensingers.

March 23 – 27 (5 days) | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $230 Members/$250 Non-Members Members Online Registration | Non-Members Online Registration (Ages 6 – 10) Kids will have fun learning about Victorian art through the Museum’s exhibition Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection. Campers will take inspiration from this exhibition and the Museum’s galleries to create a variety of imaginative projects for a truly “regal” experience.

Every Friday | 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
$3.00 (no admission fee) | Ages 3 – 6

Due to an overwhelming response, Glory of Stories is now offered every Friday morning from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The program includes a story reading for preschool and younger home-school children. The stories relate to the Museum’s current exhibitions and permanent collection. After viewing and discussing the relevant artworks, children will create their own pieces of art.

Building on the success of the Delaware Art Museum’s popular Glory of Stories program, a group version has been designed especially for children in daycare and preschool. Glory of Stories for Groups introduces children ages 3-6 to the Museum through storytelling and hands-on art projects. Following a story reading, Museum guides will lead the group to select works of art in the collection. The next stop is the Education Wing studios, where the children will create their own works of art. The program ends in Kids’ Corner, an interactive learning environment.

This tour option is offered throughout the week and is by reservation only.
Limited to 25 students | $5.00

In order to prepare for your visit, see below for a list of tour themes.

The first part of Kids’ Corner that children usually visit asks the question, “What Can You Create?”  A gigantic white wall is covered in pegs for hanging colored pieces of foam.  Young artists are encouraged to think of the wall as a blank canvas and the foam pieces as paint.  They can use as many pieces as they like and leave their masterpiece up for others to see.

Next, in the Artist’s Studio, curious children will learn to identify the tools of the artist and some of the different subjects that artists like to paint.  Remember, this is their chance to touch actual painted works. The Story Station provides couches, chairs, and a small library of children’s books.  Adults can relax and share one of the many stories available with their kids.  All of the stories are related to art in some way.

Finally, the Elements of Art allows for direct interaction with three reproductions of the Museum’s priceless works.  By feeling a painting’s texture and changing its colors and line patterns, these elements become easy to understand in the world of art.