Family Fun for Everyone

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

FEATURED PROGRAMS

Family making art

Family Day Weekend

Get the whole family out to the AGO for storytelling, artmaking, screenings and fun!

Friday, February 17 - Monday, February 20, 2023, 11 am - 4pm

Be inspired to create and invent at any of our roving art carts, tour the Gallery with one of our experienced art educators, or visit the Hands-On Centre.

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March Break

Make March Break an art break!

Friday, March 10 - Sunday, March 19, 2023, 10:30 am - 4 pm

Kid-focused March Break programming includes artmaking, daily family-friendly tours of AGO’s Collection of Indigenous and Canadian Art, a drop-in film screening in Jackman Hall and maker stations throughout the Gallery.

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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, storytelling, costume play, 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.

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Art Cart

Saturdays & Sundays:
11 am - 2 pm in Walker Court
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm in Education Commons

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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Weston Family Learning Centre's Community Gallery

Drop in to the Weston Family Learning Centre anytime during AGO open hours

Located in the Community Gallery on Concourse Level

Who are you on the inside? Millions of selfies are taken and shared every day - what do they really reveal about us?

Vancouver-based artists Hanif Janmohamed and Maria Lantin have created an online experimental Inner Selfie Generator for us to imagine and represent our inner selves.

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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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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.

AGO Members always enjoy a 10% discount. Not a Member? Join Today.

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PAST FAMILY EVENTS

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Family Events
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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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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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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Abstract landscape painting. Dark blue and white strokes make up the sky and light green, yellow, white, blue strokes make up the land.
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat with Story Planet
Sunday, March 20, 2 pm

Join AGO Family Facilitators and special guests, Story Planet.

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Family Events
Mohawk Language Nursery Songs with Miss Kristi Talbot
Tuesdays, March 1 - 29, 11 am

Join us as we celebrate the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, 2022-2032 

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Abraham Anghik Ruben Sedna
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat with Story Planet
Sunday, February 20, 2 pm

Join AGO Family Facilitators and special guests, Story Planet.

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Cartoon drawing of a group of animals. A blue elephant is in the middle. To it's left is a pink flamingo and brown and white lama. Behind the elephant is a stripped black and yellow tiger and to the right of the elephant is a ostrich and turtle
Family Events
Fireside Family Chat
Sunday, January 16, 2 pm

Join AGO Family Facilitators and special guests, Story Planet.

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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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