Family Fun for Everyone
Enjoy amazing artmaking activities, family-friendly tours, dance parties, courses and workshops, and so much more!
Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush or you’ve studied art for years, the AGO has a course for you. The Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School offers a broad range of courses in a fun and supportive environment that includes access to our galleries for added inspiration.
Courses and workshops are offered for all ages, including babes and families, children and youth.
New schedules every season
At The Dr. Mariano Elia Hands-On Centre, you'll always find artmaking and creative play activities for the whole family, from the youngest learner on up! Enjoy artmaking, constructing, reading, making new friends and exploring.
Admission to the Hands-On Centre is included in your General Admission ticket, or free unlimited admission with your family membership or Annual Pass.
We invite you to stimulate your curiosity about art through the AGO Art Carts. A roving maker station, Art Carts offer unique and ever-changing multi-generational activities.
Discover art making and learning activities curated for young families that are inspired by artworks in our collection. Find the activity that suits your style and interest. Some are fun to do together or on one's own; others offer a means to enjoy colour and mark making at one's own skill level; and others will provide new insights into familiar and less familiar work themed to children and families. Enjoy and share your work with us with #AGOmakes.
The AGO welcomes families for free drop-in programs including guided tours, artmaking, storytelling with Yolanda T. Marshall, and dance performances and workshops courtesy Jade’s Hip Hop Academy.
Explore your creativity and be inspired by the newly installed mural The South | Zhaawanong by Chief Lady Bird.
Twelve animals, big and small, come to answer the Emperor’s call.
Hop to it and join us for a Year of the Rabbit-inspired dance party in the Weston Family Learning Centre every Saturday in May!
Inspired by the exhibition You Look Beautiful Like That: Studio Photography in West and Central Africa (Level 2, Gallery 249), Toronto lens-based artist Roya DelSol will photograph familie
(Germany 2020, 71 mins, German & Dari with English subtitles).
Storyteller and author Valene Campbell shares stories and dance inspired by her acclaimed series The Amazing Zoe.
As a photographic project, Humanæ articulates different tools aimed at generating a space for debate and reflection on i
Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.
Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.
Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.
Discover art making and learning activities curated for young families that are inspired by artworks in our collection. Find the activity that suits your style and interest. Some are fun to do together at home or on one's own; others offer a means to enjoy colour and mark making at one's own skill level; and others will provide new insights into familiar and less familiar work themed to children and families. These are great activities to do before or after your visit to the AGO.
Visit shopAGO and discover a treasure trove of creative play the whole family can enjoy! With books, games, creative kits and inspiration galore, the kids will be entertained for hours. Shop with us in-store or online.
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