Join us this Hands ON! Second Saturday where we commemorate the American flag in creative ways. This month’s theme “Flying High” is inspired by the Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: Celebrating 250 Years of America’s Icons on view. 

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Adventures” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for All Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-On Art Projects
10 am – 4 pm | Quill & Ink
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Adventures with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (Adult Focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Libby Booth Elementary School Fall Performance 
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

Title sponsorship for Hands ON! Second Saturdays is provided by the Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation.

The most wonderful sale of the year ends today. Enjoy mimosas from noon – 2 pm and 20% savings all day. Not a Member? Join today and save.

Join Museum volunteer docents for a discussion of Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World by Elizabeth Kolbert, making connections to current exhibitions and artists featured at the Museum. Participants should have completed the book prior to meeting. Register online for guiding questions that will be discussed at the book club. Arrive early to place a lunch order with Perenn! Space is limited, advanced reservations are recommended.

Together with the backdrop exhibition Into the Time Horizon, the 2026 Art + Environment Summit: Under Pressure brings together artists, writers, Indigenous leaders, designers, and visionaries for a three-day gathering offering discussion, performance and exploration into one of the most important and complex subjects of our time.

SEE FULL PROGRAM

Kim Stanley Robinson, Rose B. Simpson, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) present “Proposals for the Future,” featuring solutions for building a sustainable, resilient, and regenerative future. Ideas and discussions of how artistic creativity, ecology, and Indigenous knowledge can generate new paths forward during a time of accelerating environmental crisis are explored by Kai Anderson, Makeda Best, Andrea Bowers, Johanna Burton, Carolina Caycedo, Sudeep Chandra, Brittany Nicole Cox, Apsara DiQuinzio, Herman Fillmore, William L. Fox, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jeffrey Gibson, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Jonathon Keats, Dr. Bernie Krause, Rebecca Lendl, Margaret Levi, Judith Lowry, Jack Malotte, Haley Mellin, Stacey Montooth, Maia Nuku, Katie Paterson, Eric-Paul Riege, Colin M. Robertson, Delaine Spilsbury, Clarissa Tossin, Oscar Tuazon, David B. Walker, Ann M. Wolfe, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Ginger Dunnill, Madison Olandt, Eric-Paul Riege, and Laura Ortman add to the program with original dance, performance, and music.

The Museum will close at 3 pm in observance of the holiday.

The Museum is closed today in observance of the holiday. 

The Museum will close at 3 pm in observance of the holiday.

The Museum is closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

Join Museum volunteer docents for a discussion of Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy making connections to current exhibitions and artists featured at the Museum. Participants should have completed the book prior to meeting. Register online for guiding questions that will be discussed at the book club. Arrive early to place a lunch order with the Café! Space is limited, advanced reservations are recommended.

Join us for a mid-morning yoga celebration to honor the Winter Solstice. Journey through movement and music with a community of fellow yogis to observe the shortest day of the year.

The Sky Room program will consist of 108 sun salutations guided by yoga instructor Sean Johnstone along with wife Nikki, on the turntable, who will lead you through a breath and movement sequences to a curated live playlist.

All levels of yoga practioners are welcome, including first-timers. Participants should bring their own yoga mat and water in a sealed container.