About our programs
Chicago Children’s Museum offers a rotating calendar of programs in the Art Studio, Pritzker Playspace, and Tinkering Lab. Please visit program locations for session times and free passes. The museum also offers a calendar of special programs in Great Hall and all around the museum!
Space is limited in Art Studio, Pritzker Playspace and Tinkering Lab. Free passes are available 1 hour before the workshop starts at each workshop location.
Art Studio
Workshop Times
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
Drawing Studio
January 8-February 17
All Ages
Explore drawing with your whole body using oil pastels, markers, boxes and our wall!
Collage Self-Portraits with Visiting Artist Derek Moore
January 20 (View more special MLK Day programming here!)
Ages 3 and Up
Work with Chicago Artist and Educator Derek Moore to create a self-portrait to celebrate the importance and value of children.
Pritzker Playspace
Session Times
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30
Closed for theme changeover
January 7-9
Lights and Shadows: Underwater
January 10-April 10
Explore movement, space, and light. Discover how different objects interact with light and cast shadows and colors in surprising ways!
Tinkering Lab
Workshop Times
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
Engineers and Puppeteers
December 11-January 13
Ages 2 and Up
Design and build your very own puppet pal, then bring them to life on stage.
Closed for workshop changeover
January 14
Cardboard Lab
January 15-March 10
Ages 2 and Up
What can you create using cardboard? Can you make it strong? Soft? Smooth or bumpy? Explore cardboard like an engineer!
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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.