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 Expeditions” 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. 

This month’s “Picture This” theme is inspired by Dorthea Lange: Seeing People and her photography work that captured the 20th century.

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

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

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 Expeditions” 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. 

This month’s “Love in the Lunar New Year” theme is inspired by the performance by Little Swan Dancers, highlighting the Lunar New Year. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling
12 pm & 1:30 pm | Performance by Little Swan Dancers
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

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

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 Expeditions” 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. 

This month’s “Coexist with Art” theme is inspired by a discrete thematic section, “Circularity” in the Into the Time Horizon exhibition.

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

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

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 Expeditions” 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. 

This month’s theme “The Art of Time” is inspired by the Centuries of the Bristlecone clock on view. 

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

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

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 Expeditions” 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. 

Join us for our Dia de Los Muertos Hands ON! program!

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
2 pm & 3 pm | Storytelling 

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

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 Expeditions” 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. 

Join us for this month’s “Fall H-ART-vest” for fall festivities and more!

SCHEDULE 

10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for all Visitors 
10 am – 4 pm | Hands-on Art Projects
10:30 am & 1 pm | Art Expeditions with Bonnie
11 am | Public Tour (adult focus)
11 am & 12:30 pm | Storytelling 
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 is closed today in observance of the holiday.