The Adventures of Cricket and Flatfoot (aka The Okee Dokee Brothers)
How’s this for a job: float down a river, then sing about it. The Okee Dokee Brothers reveal how they make it work.
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Project Switch: A Small Game Experiment Yields Big Lessons
Transforming an online art game into an on-site gallery experience for families.
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¡América Tropical! Celebrating a Siqueiros Masterpiece
A day of fun on Olvera Street honors the unveiling of Siqueiros’s mural America Tropical.
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Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games, and Why Your Kids Need to Know Classical Culture
Some tips for exploring classical mythology with kids.
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A Strange and Wonderful Vase at Family Art Lab
A nine-foot-tall vase decorated with feathers, snails, and branches is the focus artwork.
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Mummy Magic at the Getty Villa
Visitors explore the mummy of Herakleides and make their own model mummies.
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A Devilish Artwork for Halloween
Here’s an artwork from our collection that makes me squeal…with terror! The multicolored demons attacking my pal Saint Anthony are hooves down the scariest... Read More
Five Tips for Sketching at the Museum
Express yourself—drawing is allowed!
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Play the Paris Gallery Game!
The exhibition Paris: Life & Luxury transports you to an affluent Parisian home in the mid-1700s. It’s presented in a series of rooms that... Read More
Why? Because the Pig in the Painting Said So!
As a kid I was sure if I could be alone with works or art, in or out of museums—ditch the parents, teachers, and... Read More
Meet the B-List Monsters of Greek Mythology
Pity the second-tier monsters of ancient myth. “Ethon, no one’s heard of him,” laments mythology buff John Harris. “And what about the little-known Teumessian... Read More
Festival a Family Affair at the Getty Center
Early-morning showers and threatening clouds didn’t keep families from coming to our most recent Family Festival, a celebration of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese culture.... Read More