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Try an Art Scavenger Hunt

Found it! These young visitors found a bowl of eyeballs in this Renaissance painting, Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth, Lucy, the Child Baptist, Peter and Catherine, by Bonifacio de' Pitati and Workshop. Photo by Wendy Hower.
Found it! These young visitors found a bowl of eyeballs in this Renaissance painting, Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth, Lucy, the Child Baptist, Peter and Catherine, by Bonifacio de' Pitati and Workshop. Photo by Wendy Hower.

Beat the heat this summer with a visit to the Nasher Museum and bring the kids!

Begin your adventure by picking up an art scavenger hunt created by our Education Department.
The clue cards challenge young visitors to walk through the galleries to find small details in works of art.

At the front desk, ask staff for hints. “Kids love it so much,” says Visitor Services staffer Bryan Woolard. Fellow staff member Jenny Leinbach adds, “There’s a prize! You get one of our dishwasher-safe art stickers.”

Storytime in the Galleries

A very small visitor is excited to read a book in the galleries. Photo courtesy of Diana Peña.
A very small visitor is excited to read a book in the galleries. Photo courtesy of Diana Peña.

Our Education Department has chosen special children’s books, in both Spanish and English, on art from around the world.

Stop by the front desk to choose an activity pouch filled with storybooks and conversation prompts.

Head into the galleries, find a comfortable spot to sit down and read a book together!

 

Family Day: A Point in Time

A family enjoys the Nasher Community Celebration
A family enjoys a visit to the Nasher Museum. Photo by J Caldwell.

Sunday, June 9, 2024, 1-3 PM

Take a trip through time and explore works of art with defining characteristics that give us a clue into when they were made.
Enjoy looking at and learning about real-life fossils from the Duke Lemur Center’s collection!

Spectrum News 1 Features Family Day

Nasher Museum K-12 and Family Programs Educator Rakan DiarBakerli on Spectrum News 1 speaking about Family Day.
Nasher Museum K-12 and Family Programs Educator Rakan DiarBakerli talks with Spectrum News 1 about Family Day.

Rakan DiarBakerli, K-12 and Family Programs Educator, tells Spectrum News 1 reporter Jatrissa Wooten how families enjoyed making art from recycled materials with the Scrap Exchange and meeting an owl, a hawk and a turtle from the Piedmont Wildlife Center. Watch the episode.

A Homeschooler’s Inspiration

Madeline Nielsen and her three brothers visit the Nasher Museum as part of their homeschooling experience in Durham. Photo courtesy of the Nielsen family.
Madeline Nielsen and her three brothers visit the Nasher Museum as part of their homeschooling experience in Durham. Photo courtesy of the Nielsen family.

For more than a decade, Madeline Nielsen and her two little brothers visited the Nasher Museum many times with their mother. She remembers gazing into a Book of Hours filled with miniature paintings in luminous colors. She remembers staring up at 900-year-old limestone sculptures of four Apostles and using a touch screen to “paint” them with colored lights. In fact, Madeline credits the Nasher Museum for leading her to become a Medievalist in her academic work, she said. “Clearly the art experiences I had here made an impact.”

Find out more about Madeline’s story and why the Nasher Museum loves homeschoolers.

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