The Biggs Museum offers a variety of ways for children and families to engage with art and our collection! Below you can find more information about our Biggs Kids workshops, special children’s programming, activity booklets, and camps!

Biggs Kids

Stop by the Biggs every first Saturday of the month for free admission to the museum and art projects for families. Past Biggs Kids workshops can be found here: https://www.biggsmuseum.org/biggs-kids/ .

At Home Activity Book

Looking for more ways to engage with our collection at home? Our Biggs Kids Activity Book is filled with crafts, games, coloring pages, and lessons for all ages! Click below to bring a bit of the Biggs into your home.

Biggs Kids Activity Book May 2020

Biggs Kids Activity Book April 2020

Biggs Kids Activity Book March 2020

Child HELP Studio

The Biggs’ open studio program offers younger visitors – and those young at heart – a space to imagine their own art projects and participate in self-led activities that relate to our collection and current exhibitions. The studio is filled with all the supplies needed for active play and family-friendly exhibits.

 

 

Read and Make Adventures

Join in on a Read and Make Adventure this summer at the Biggs and the Dover Public Library! This year you can join the Dover Public Library staff and the Biggs Education staff outside on the Biggs’ Lawn where you can listen to stories, music, and participate in an art talk and art-making activity based on that day’s stories!

All Read and Make Adventures are from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

Cost: FREE

Themes

2021’s theme is Tails and Tales. Each day we will hear stories and create art inspired by different animals.

6.10 – Chickens

6.17 – Fish

6.24 – Parrots and Pirates

7.1 – Cows

7.8 – Butterflies

7.15 – Dogs

7.22 – Cats

7.29 – Polar Bears and Arctic Animals

8.5 – Ducks, Geese, Swans

8.12 – Horses