Family Fun for Everyone

Enjoy amazing artmaking activities, family-friendly tours, dance parties, courses and workshops, and so much more!

COURSES FOR FAMILIES

Toddler painting

Courses & Workshops – All year long!

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

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FAMILY TIME

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Hands-On Centre

Wednesday – Friday 10:30 am – 3 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:30 am – 4 pm

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. 

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AGO Art Cart

Art Cart

Holiday Mondays, Saturdays & Sundays:
11:30 am - 2:30 pm in Walker Court

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.

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Learning Resources for Families

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.

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PAST FAMILY EVENTS

Children looking at art in the gallery
Family Events
March Break 2024
Saturday, March 9 - Sunday, March 17

Make March Break an art break!

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Family making art together
Family Events
Family Day Weekend
Saturday, February 17 – Monday, February 19, 2024

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.

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Two figures facing each other. The one on the left is dressed in pink attire and the one on the right is dressed in blue. A yellow circle surrounded by a green braided strand is in the centre, between the figures.
Family Events
Collage-making and more inspired by The South | Zhaawanong by Chief Lady Bird
Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 am - 4 pm

Explore your creativity and be inspired by the newly installed mural The South | Zhaawanong by Chief Lady Bird.

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Illustration of animals surrounding the book title, 'Twelve in a Race' on solid red background
Family Events
Story time and Draw-along: Twelve in a Race with Catherine Little and Sae Kimura
Saturday, May 13, 11:30 am and 1:30 pm

Twelve animals, big and small, come to answer the Emperor’s call.

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Illustration of rabbit hopping against a water and sand background
Family Events
Family Dance Party: Year of the Rabbit
Saturdays, May 6, 13, 20, 27, 1 - 4 pm

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!

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Left: Roya DelSol, Right: Bidemi Oloyede
You Look Beautiful Like That: Pop-Up Photo Studio with Roya DelSol and Bidemi Oloyede
Sunday, February 19 and Monday, February 20, 11 am – 1 pm

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

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Screenings
Girls/Museum
Friday, February 17 - Monday, February 20, 11 AM

(Germany 2020, 71 mins, German & Dari with English subtitles).

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The Amazing Zoe book cover featuring a girl and woman holding hands beside a rainbow
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Children’s Read Aloud and Dance Along with Valene Campbell
Friday, February 17 - Monday, February 20, 11 AM and 1:30 PM

Storyteller and author Valene Campbell shares stories and dance inspired by her acclaimed series The Amazing Zoe.

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Workshops
Angélica Dass: Flesh Colour - The Colors We Share
Saturday, June 18, 1pm

As a photographic project, Humanæ articulates different tools aimed at generating a space for debate and reflection on i

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Abstract colourful shapes
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat: Art and Storytelling with Toronto Public Library
Saturday, June 11, 2 pm

Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.

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Small glass bottle with a copper red cap decorated with nine butterflies and flora and a Chinese poem
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat: Art and Storytelling with Toronto Public Library
Saturday, May 14, 2 pm

Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.

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A contemporary installation of a pink bed which has been absurdly stretched, elongated and contorted into a sculpture.
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat: Art and Storytelling with Toronto Public Library
Saturday, April 9, 2 pm

Join AGO family facilitators and special guests Toronto Public Library.

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Learn and Make From Home

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.

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Take the AGO Home

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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