Family Days at the MCA
The MCA is a great place for families to connect with contemporary art. Every second Saturday of the month, October through May, enjoy free admission and interactive events that redefine the way that children and families explore and create art together.
Register for All Upcoming Family Days
Families participate in Family Day | Unfreeze, April 13, 2019. Photo: Grace Duval.
About
Designed for children under 12 and their grown-ups, MCA Family Days invite our youngest visitors to be the museum’s artists, thinkers, and collaborators. Witness an artist’s first creation. Experience inspiration spark from play and wonder. Do something nearly unheard of in a contemporary art museum—sit on comfy pillows and eat free snacks. Every second Saturday, joyfully disregard the boundaries between adult and child, artist and visitor, museum and studio, teacher and learner.
Admission is free to Family Day attendees. ASL interpretation is provided.
Schedule
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October 12, 2024
Family Day | Patterns & Portals
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November 9, 2024
Family Day | Screen Time
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December 14, 2024
Family Day | Zines!
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January 11, 2025
Family Day | Press Play
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February 8, 2025
Family Day | Comfy Cozy
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March 8, 2025
Family Day | Future Past
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April 12, 2025
Family Day | It's Alive!
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May 10, 2025
Family Day | Playoffs
Explore Further
Park Voyagers
The MCA is proud to be one of 11 Chicago cultural institutions that make up Museums In the Park. Through this partnership and generous support from the Chicago Park District, the MCA participates in the Park Voyagers program, which provides Chicago youth with after-school art programs and families with on-site programming at the museum.
For further information and family resources from all 11 MIP museums, check out parkvoyagers.org.
Funding
Support for Family Programs is provided in part by the MCA Women’s Board Family Education Initiative, Northern Trust, and Peoples Gas Community Fund.
