Enjoy amazing artmaking activities, family-friendly tours, dance parties, courses and workshops, creative gifts, delicious food and so much more!
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Family Fun
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.
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.
Hands-On Centre (currently closed)
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.
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.
Collection of Diverse Canadian Children’s Books with Focus on Black-Canadian Authors and Characters
Curated for the Art Gallery of Ontario by Becks Lefranc
This collection of children’s books is part of a mission to diversify and update the Hands-On Centre's book collection. AGO curators requested a focus on Black-Canadian stories written by Black-Canadian authors, and that the books be geared towards early readers, from ages 0-8 years.