Atrium Level, Stent Family Wing
Free with Museum admission

The Greene Family Learning Gallery offers families creative play experiences that spark the imagination and enrich their visit to the Museum galleries. Play is a critical component of creativity, which is at the heart of the artistic process. Designed for children ages 5 through 10, the Family Learning Gallery is a great destination for family visitors to spend some time before or after they visit the galleries.

On Saturdays and Sundays, family tours leave from the learning gallery at 2 p.m.

The Family Learning Gallery comprises five hands-on activity areas, inspired by some of the most popular objects in the Museum’s collection.

Building Buildings

The High Museum of Art is housed in extraordinary buildings, designed by internationally renowned architects, Renzo Piano and Richard Meier. Using custom-created blocks borrowing from Piano and Meier techniques, children can re-create High Museum buildings or design their own.

Making a Mark

In this area, plexi-glass easels ask visitors to leave their mark by drawing self-portraits, still lifes or scenes from their imaginations. 

Sculpting Spaces

Using shapes and images inspired by pieces from the Museum’s contemporary art collection, children can turn giant peaches, fabrics, protractors and tubes into imaginative spaces of their own.

Telling Stories

In this area, custom-made puppets inspired by some of the Museum’s best-loved paintings, sculpture and decorative arts come alive in the hands of children who invent their own stories.

Transforming Treasure

In this area, a giant magnetic wall becomes the canvas and everyday objects become the media, as visitors recreate iconic pieces from the permanent collection.