Artful Adventures offers off-site art making programs for children ages 3 and older designed around the interests and needs of your group and the Museum’s collections. Off-site programs last 1 hour and include a story, hand-on materials and pictures from the Museum's collections, and an art-making activity.
Pricing: $80 for up to 10 children; $8 for each additional child.
Mileage Fee: $25 added to reservations for organizations more than 10 miles away from the Museum of Fine Arts.
Reservations are required at least two weeks in advance and may be scheduled 7 days a week at any time of the day. Please call 617-369-3303, (TTY) 617-267-9703, or fill out our online request form.
To cancel or change a reservation, please call 617-369-3303 or e-mail artfuladventures@mfa.org at least 24 hours in advance.
Sample Off-Site Programs
Animals
Search for animals in paintings and sculptures from the Museum's collections.
Art Activities: Clay, masks, painting, or puppets
Colors and Shapes
Discover how shapes and colors can be combined to create a masterpiece. Young children will learn about the three primary colors and discover how to create secondary colors.
Art Activities: Collage or painting
Masks
Are masks just for holidays? Take a closer look at masks from around the world and then create your own!
Art Activity: Masks
Stories in Art
There are interesting stories behind every work of art. Take a closer look, hear some of these stories, and create your own!
Art activities: Bookmaking, clay, collage, drawing, masks, painting, or puppets
The Art and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
Unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt and hear about daily life in this amazing civilization. Examine pictures and artifact examples to learn why and how Egyptians prepared for the afterlife.
Art Activities: Clay, mummy masks, or pendants
Festivals and Events
In addition to offering 1 hour off-site programs for groups of children, Museum instructors can also provide drop-in art-making activities for children of all ages during an off-site festival or event. Festivals and events cost $200 and include 2 Museum instructors and all of the necessary art materials for 3 hours.
Available Art Activities
- Collage (indoor events only)
- Embossed foil pendants
- Masks
- Miniature drawings with charcoal, pencils, crayons, and markers (4"x6")
- Miniature paintings on canvas (4"x6")
- Miniature watercolor paintings (4"x6")
- Printmaking (indoor events only)
- Puppets
- Sumi painting/ Chinese brush painting (scrolls)
- Wire sculptures