For Kids & Families

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Encourage your child’s curiosity and creativity with joyful, artist-led programs and activities.

The National Gallery is an inspiring place for people of all ages. Join us to experience art, artists and art making as we embark on a lifelong art journey together.

Our programs for kids and families centre around intergenerational connection and encourage you to grow your knowledge and enjoyment of art through shared experiences. Fostering a love of art from an early age, we inspire creativity, inclusivity, engagement and learning through art and artists.

Whether you join us for creative play at the Gallery or imagine and connect from home, our Kids & Families programs are sure to bring out the childhood wonder in all of us.

Art Steps

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Art Steps is a series of creative making activities produced by artists for children to enjoy with family and friends. Join us at the Gallery during school holidays or make and share from home any time.

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Art Together

Art Together is a series that invites participants of all ages to step into the world of an artist and make something through collaboration. Below are pictures from previous Art Together programs, where kids and their families have worked alongside contemporary Australian artists to paint a mural and choreograph a dance. Go to What's On to book for upcoming events.

What's On

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Plan an art adventure for the whole family at the National Gallery.

Sculpture Garden Trail

Join artist Claudia Nicholson and her friend E.O. on a journey to explore the Gallery’s Sculpture Garden. Enjoy works of art from all over the world and create your own along the way.

To get started pick up a copy from the Gallery, see below, or download this PDF.

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For Kids & Families

Art Steps
Imagine, make and share from home.

Two adults sit with four children in front of a sculpture in the sculpture garden making art with paper

Do you love making? Are you interested in how artists work? Join us from home to discover, create and share.

Kids & Families

Cressida Campbell Kids & Families Art Trail

An older woman holds a young child in her arms. Both of them are viewing a painting

Sat 24 Sep – Sun 19 Feb 2023

Take a playful look at Cressida Campbell’s art and explore a sense of childlike wonder. This art trail has been inspired by Cressida Campbell’s memori

For Young People

ABC's Know It Alls: Visual Art
National Gallery edition

Past Event
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22 Jul – 9 Sep 2022

ABC's Know It Alls National Gallery edition now on iView

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For Kids & Families

Art Steps by Hayley Millar Baker

A black and white bust image of Hayley Millar Baker looking directly into the camera

Art Steps is a series of creative making activities produced by artists for children to enjoy with family and friends.

Art Weekends

Two young people sit either side of an easel in a gallery space

Kick back with the National Gallery and enjoy your weekend in style with art, film, storytelling and special accessible events.

Art Steps by Judy Watson & Helen Johnson

Two women sit on a timber bench, within a gallery space, surrounded by paintings and work of art suspended from the ceiling and walls

Art Steps is a series of creative making activities produced by artists for children to enjoy with family and friends.