Saturday, March 29
10 am – 4:30 pm
Drop-in activities: Fun on every floor
Throughout the day, these drop-in activities offer opportunities to explore, discover, and connect.
- Preview the exhibition The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography (opening April 7 at Yale Schwarzman Center), showcasing photographs by high school students from Greater New Haven.
- Bring animals and creatures to life in the Imagination Station in the Study Room.
- What’s in the Sea? The people in J. M. W. Turner’s The Wreckers are pulling something out of the sea. Reach into a mystery box to discover what it might be.
- Take a Portrait Walk. Who can you meet in the galleries? We have portraits of many unique people from all over the world. Find portraits, draw, and strike your own pose.
- And more!
11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Curator/conservator object talks
Learn about new research by our curators and conservators. Each twenty-minute talk focuses on a single fascinating object.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm
Student Guide talks: “My favorite thing”
Ready to find a new favorite work of art? Our Student Guides share theirs in these ten-minute talks.
12–12:45 pm
Welcome and opening remarks
Martina Droth, Paul Mellon Director
Mayor Justin Elicker
followed by
The Great British Art Cake-Off
Local culinary students impress with bakes inspired by our collection.
1:15–1:45 pm
Musical performance by the Yale Spizzwinks
1:30 pm
Story time with New Haven Free Public Library
Hear stories that inspire creativity and imagination, read by local librarians.
2–4 pm
Make Time gallery adventure
Grab your family and get ready for adventure! Discover clues in the galleries and collect the materials to make a mystery object.
2 pm, 2:30 pm, 3 pm, 3:30 pm
Create Community mini drawing lesson
Try out a mini drawing lesson from our new art-making series for adults to explore how artistic processes can help us look closely and spark our creativity. Today’s activity is inspired by the art of Tracey Emin. Sessions will start on the half hour.
3–3:30 pm
Musical performance by Doox of Yale
Sunday, March 30
11 am – 4:30 pm
Drop-in activities: Fun on every floor
Throughout the day, these drop-in activities offer opportunities to explore, discover, and connect. See Saturday’s schedule for details.
- The View from Here exhibition preview
- Imagination Station
- What’s in the Sea?
- Portrait Walk
- And more!
11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Curator/conservator object talks
Learn about new research by our curators and conservators. Each twenty-minute talk focuses on a single fascinating object.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm
Student Guide talks: “My favorite thing”
Ready to find a new favorite work of art? Our Student Guides share theirs in these ten-minute talks.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm
Story time and book giveaway by New Haven Reads
Hear stories that inspire creativity and imagination.
12:30 pm
Musical performance by the Yale Alley Cats
2–4 pm
Make Time gallery adventure
Grab your family and get ready for adventure! Discover clues in the galleries and collect the materials to make a mystery object.
2 pm, 2:30 pm, 3 pm, 3:30 pm
Create Community mini drawing lesson
Try out a mini drawing lesson from our new art-making series for adults to explore how artistic processes can help us look closely and spark our creativity. Today’s activity is inspired by the art of Tracey Emin. Sessions will start on the half hour.
2:30–3 pm
Musical performance by Harmony in Action (Music Haven’s advanced student chamber orchestra)
Top image
Visitors in the fourth-floor galleries, photo by Stephanie Anestis
