Family Day & Tiny Traders Art Market
May 30 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
🎨 Family Day & Tiny Traders Art Market 🎨
Looking for a fun, creative, and completely FREE afternoon for the whole family? Join us at the Muscarelle Museum of Art for a day packed with inspiration, hands-on activities, and amazing young entrepreneurs! 🏛️✨
📅 When: Saturday, May 30, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: FREE and open to all!
☀️ On the Lawn: Tiny Traders Art Market
Before heading inside, stop by the front lawn to support incredible youth art vendors from our local community! 👧👦💼
The Tiny Traders Market is a kid-centered space designed to build confidence and entrepreneurial skills. Come see these talented young participants bring their ideas to life, showcase their handmade products, and share their passions!
👉 Want your child to get involved as a vendor? Email tinytradersmarket@gmail.com!
🎨 Inside the Museum: Family Art Activities
After exploring the market, head indoors to try your hand at a variety of fun, family-friendly art projects:
- 🎩 Photo Booth Fun: Craft a construction paper hat, snap a selfie at the photo booth, and make a custom picture frame for your masterpiece!
- 🧆 Mosaic Making: Create a unique mosaic using air-dry clay, beans, and beads.
- 🐟 Foil Art: Design a shimmering, creative foil art fish.
- 🔭 Scavenger Hunt Spyglass: Roll up a toilet paper spyglass to use on a museum scavenger hunt or during a guided tour!
🗺️ Docent-Guided Tours & Exhibitions
Explore the museum’s incredible galleries! Docent-guided tours leave every hour at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 PM. 🕒
Exhibitions currently on display:
- 🖼️ 18th-20th Century American Paintings
- 🗿 James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture/Sculpture Thinking
- ✨ First Looks & Favorites from the Permanent Collection
- 🪵 Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
- 📜 Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation
Gather the kids and come celebrate local creativity with us! We can’t wait to see you there! 🎨
