Kids & Families
Social Emotional Learning Workshop (Ages 6 and Up)
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an educational framework to help foster social skills that develop and maintain healthy relationships with self and others. SEL at NOMA connects ideas like empathy and self-esteem with the artists and artworks in the museum’s permanent collection or featured in special exhibitions. Designed for children ages 6 and up.
Art in the Afternoon (For Families)
Spend the afternoon at the museum learning about an object from NOMA’s permanent collection or a special exhibition, engaging in art-making activities, and enjoying a story with teaching artists.
Summer Camp Session 1: Shape (Ages 6–12)
Join us for summer camp at NOMA in 2024! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Mini Masters at the Library
Norman Mayer Library 3001 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, LA, United StatesMini Masters at the Library brings together art and early literacy activities for children ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Each program takes place at the Norman Mayer Library.
Summer Camp Session 2: Color (Ages 6–12)
Join us for summer camp at NOMA in 2024! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Taylor Family and Educators Appreciation Day
In partnership with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, NOMA presents an annual family day for Taylor Scholars. Students in the Taylor Scholars program are invited to #ExploreNOMA and participate in special activities throughout the day.
Summer Camp Session 3: Texture (Ages 6–12)
Join us for summer camp at NOMA in 2024! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Summer Camp Session 4: Space and Movement (Ages 6–12)
Join us for summer camp at NOMA in 2024! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences.
NOMA’s Fall Festival
Celebrate twenty years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, at an all-ages, outdoor festival.
Studio KIDS! | Fantastical Creatures (Ages 6–9 and 10–12)
Join us at the museum on select weekend mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from artwork in the galleries or Besthoff Sculpture Garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist.
Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–12)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops.
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LAThe NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a fun, festive, rain-or-shine event for families featuring art activities, crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and much more.