Crafts, games, and demonstrations inspired by the stories of the At Home at Winterthur exhibition introduce history, art, conservation, and storytelling to kids ages 3–10 and the adults they bring with them. Each Tuesday features a new set of activities and a different guest artist! $5; free for Members and children ages 2 and under. Drop-in program although you may register in advance.
July 7—At Home…on the land
Activities will include carding and spinning wool, churning butter, filtering “pond” water, and play-doh tectonics. Guest artist Caroline Brown will join us with her Blue Bicycle Printing Press, plus explore the Touch-It Room.
July 14—At Home…in the house
Activities will include house building blocks, table setting, cut and paste floor plans, and a du Pont timeline game. Ceramic artist Heather Ossandon will join us, and Caroline Brown will return with her Blue Bicycle Printing Press, plus explore the Touch-It Room.
July 21—At Home…in the garden
Activities will include decorating lawn ornaments, assembling bouquets, making paper flowers, and a plant Identifying game. Musician Mary Roth will join us, and Caroline Brown will return with her Blue Bicycle Printing Press, plus explore the Touch-It Room.
July 28—At Home…with the family
Activities will include making family trees and crests, recording an oral history, racing rubber ducks, and a past-staff trivia game.
Woodworker James Buckley will join us, and Caroline Brown will return with her Blue Bicycle Printing Press, plus explore the Touch-It Room.
Photo by Suchat Pederson.