Family Adventure - BMA-Family

Family Adventure - The Baltimore Museum of Art - Families
10 Art Museum Dr., Baltimore, 443-573-1700, 443-573-1818, www.artbma.org
The collection encompasses 90,000 works of art, including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world, as well as masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent van Gogh. The Sculpture Gardens feature a 100-year survey of modern and contemporary sculpture on nearly three landscaped acres in the heart of the city.
Ongoing
Free Family Sundays
Sundays, 2-5 p.m., Drop-in, Ages 6-14
Express your inner artist in a hands-on workshop or enjoy an interactive gallery tour designed just for families. All materials are supplied.
Artful Stories: A BMA Family Tour
Museum Hours
Raoudi, Matisse’s perky schnauzer, is the voice behind the BMA’s Family Tour, which highlights 20 objects in the collection. Rather than headphones, the Family Tour offers a handheld audio device that allows families to pause and chat about a work.
60 Objects | Countless Stories Audio Tour
Museum Hours
Offers an insider’s perspective on the works of art from the Museum’s expert curators, as well as art-inspired stories and poems by celebrated Baltimore writers. This random-access tour is available free of charge. Pick up the audio tour and map at the BMA Box Office. Available in English only.
Mapping Baltimore's Monuments Podcast
Museum Hours
Tour 14 of Baltimore’s monuments—from the iconic Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon to the lesser-known bust of Wagner in Druid Hill Park—in this free, self-guided podcast tour. Discover some of Baltimore's most intriguing monuments through the voices of local artists, authors, curators, and historians. Simply download the podcast to your personal digital audio player, print out your map (pdf), and explore.

(©Baltimore's Child Inc.  – Updated Sept. 2010)