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Natural History Museum LA Family Activities
Dinosaur crafts, nature journals, games, scavenger hunts, and family science activities from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
National Archives Discovery Center
An interactive museum learning experience where children explore American democracy through games, documents, stories, and hands-on activities.
Te Papa Discovery Centres
Free museum discovery spaces with games, books, art activities, and hands-on learning for children and families.
BBC 500 Words
A children's story-writing project for ages 5-11 with prompts, classroom resources, story inspiration, and annual submissions.
Discovery Children's Museum Resources
Free family and educator activities from Discovery Children's Museum, including STEM, coding, math, creative projects, books, games, and accessibility resources.
Hamilton Children's Museum
Hands-on galleries and self-directed play that help young children learn through imagination, movement, and discovery.
Exploratorium
Museum-backed science learning with hands-on activities, Science Snacks, tinkering projects, videos, and teaching tools.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Crafts & Printables
Ocean-themed crafts, coloring pages, stencils, drawing activities, and printable learning projects for children.
CU Museum Family Activities
Free science, nature, art, and family activities from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.
Cleveland Museum of Art Learning
Art tours, hands-on making, family programs, and community learning from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Children's Museum of Manhattan
A hands-on museum for young children with interactive learning, arts, science, culture, daily experiences, and early-childhood classes.
Children's Museum Houston
A hands-on children’s museum with exhibits, science and math activities, arts, workshops, and family events in Houston.
NYC Discovery Lab
Free weekend museum activities for children ages 5-12 and adults, combining gallery exploration with hands-on art, culture, and history projects.
National Gallery Singapore Family Guide
A family guide to child-friendly gallery activities, art-making, storytelling, play spaces, and hands-on experiences at National Gallery Singapore.
Museum Wales Family Learning at Home
Museum activities for families, from dinosaur nests and bee hotels to crafts, nature projects, toddler play, and Minecraft.
NYBG At Home for Kids & Families
Plant science, nature observation, gardening, art, recipes, videos, and lesson ideas from the New York Botanical Garden.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Children's Garden Activities
Nature projects, games, recipes, crafts, and videos from Brooklyn Botanic Garden for children and families.
KidsGardening Resource Library
Gardening activities, lesson plans, growing guides, nature projects, and family learning resources for children.
The Planetary Society Space for Kids
Space activities, videos, images, and astronomy learning from The Planetary Society.
KID Museum
A hands-on maker museum with coding, robotics, engineering, electronics, woodshop, textiles, and design challenges.
Canadian Museum of History Games and Activities
Free history games, puzzles, quizzes, craft activities, scavenger hunts, and family projects from Canada's national museum.
Children's Museum of Atlanta
Hands-on exhibits, making, art, science, and family learning experiences for children ages 2 to 8.
Morris Museum Spark!Lab
A Smithsonian invention workspace where children ages 5 to 12 imagine, design, test, and improve ideas.
Smithsonian Visiting with Kids
Smithsonian Visiting with Kids helps families plan free and paid Smithsonian experiences, with child-focused activities across museums and the zoo including Spark!Lab, Wonderplace, planetarium experiences, family art activities, and interactive learning spaces.
Raspberry Pi Code Club Projects
More than 200 free step-by-step coding and creative-technology projects covering Scratch, Python, web development, AI, physical computing, nature, music, art, and science.
ScratchJr
ScratchJr is a free introductory programming environment for young children. The official MIT project page describes a block-based app for ages 5–7 that lets children create interactive stories and games.
micro:bit Teach Featured
The official micro:bit Teach Featured hub gathers age-banded units of work, coding projects, AI-literacy lessons, design challenges, classroom resources, events, and free professional-development courses for young learners and educators.
Peterborough Museum Learning Resources
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery offers free online and downloadable resources spanning Roman coins and pottery, historic toys, Windrush history, geology and fossils, videos, and hands-on activities.
Highlights Kids
Stories, puzzles, crafts, jokes, games, and creative activities from Highlights for children.
Chrome Music Lab
Hands-on browser experiments that help children explore rhythm, melody, sound, drawing, and the connections between music, science, math, and art.
Audubon for Kids
Bird and nature activities, games, coloring pages, and family learning ideas from the National Audubon Society.
Denver Art Museum Creativity Resource
A free art-learning library with museum quests, activity ideas, lessons, videos, and creative inspiration for families and educators.
Kohl Children's Museum Home Zone
Stories, experiments, STEAM activities, and playful learning videos from Kohl Children's Museum for families at home.
Spark! Imagination and Science Center
A hands-on children's museum and science center where young children experiment, create, build, and explore.
Explore & More Children's Museum
Play-based exhibits and family learning experiences that invite children to explore, imagine, and build confidence.
Chicago Botanic Garden Family Activity Guide
Nature-inspired family activities for planting, science, art, wildlife observation, outdoor learning, and cooking.
Garden Museum Families
Nature, art, and garden activities for children and grown-ups, including trails, explorer backpacks, toddler sessions, and family workshops.
Boston Children's Museum STEAM Lab
Hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities that encourage creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking.
The Met Kids & Families
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s family hub combines #MetKids digital exploration, family guides, an audio guide for ages 6–12, and interactive museum programs for children and caregivers.
MoMA Art Lab
The Museum of Modern Art’s Art Lab is an interactive creative space where children and adults can experiment with art-making ideas inspired by the collection.
Kids Code Recipe
A free coding tutorial library with short step-by-step recipes for making games, animations, music, and interactive projects with Scratch, Minecraft, and Viscuit.
Ashmolean Family Trails & Explorer Packs
The Ashmolean Museum offers free gallery trails, Explorer Kits, and age-targeted activity packs that help families investigate objects and artworks together.
Baltimore Museum of Art Free Family Sundays
The Baltimore Museum of Art’s weekly family art program and at-home projects invite children and caregivers to make, observe, and talk about art together.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Early Learning Programs
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh offers early-learning programs for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and caregivers, alongside museum@home activities and sensory-friendly options.
Alice
A creative programming environment for building 3D stories, animations, and games while learning computational thinking and object-oriented programming.
BrainPOP Jr.
Animated lessons, activities, and learning resources for young learners across science, math, reading, health, social studies, and the arts.
Year in Nature
Free nature-based learning activities, guides, seasonal projects, and family resources that help children build a lasting connection with the outdoors.
Waikiki Aquarium Virtual Experiences
Free marine science videos, webcams, virtual lectures, ocean spotlights, drawing lessons, and classroom resources from Waikiki Aquarium.
Miami Children's Museum At Home
Step-by-step videos and activity guides from a children's museum to spark playful learning, making, and discovery at home.
Museum Wales Family Learning
Family trails, museum events, craft ideas, sensory resources, and at-home activities from the national museums of Wales.
National Gallery of Art: Fun and Games
The National Gallery of Art’s free family-friendly collection of digital painting, art puzzles, printable coloring pages, artist facts, and interactive art exploration.
Australian Museum Activities for Kids at Home
The Australian Museum’s family activity hub brings together science, nature, culture, experiments, crafts, videos, factsheets, and app-linked activities for curious kids.
Eureka! The National Children’s Museum
A UK children’s museum with six interactive zones and hundreds of hands-on exhibits designed for children ages 0–11 to explore themselves and the world around them.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
A three-floor children’s museum with interactive exhibits and hands-on cultural and science programs for children ages 6 months to 10 years.
Getty If Objects Could Talk
Getty’s If Objects Could Talk is a family podcast in which art and artifacts from the Getty collection tell imaginative stories about their histories, materials, makers, and uses. Episodes include transcripts and related activities.
National Museum Fairfax Discovery Centre
The Fairfax Discovery Centre at the National Museum of Australia offers hands-on early learning sessions, storytime, sensory play, and mini makers activities.
MoMA Heyman Family Programs
MoMA’s Heyman Family Programs provide family art adventures with free admission for children 16 and under, kids’ audio, activity guides, family gallery talks, hands-on spaces, and online programmes.
CU Museum Children and Family Programs
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History offers hands-on science and art activities, family programs, Discovery Corner access, and English/Spanish resources.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Look, Talk, Play!
Look, Talk, Play! uses Smithsonian objects and everyday materials to help young learners build literacy, creativity, and communication through family activities.
Museum of Brisbane MoB Kids @Home
Museum of Brisbane’s MoB Kids @Home collection gives children and families free downloadable activities including colouring, comprehension, sewing, collage, and LEGO challenges.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Activities for Kids
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s Activities for Kids collection provides art projects inspired by exhibitions and the permanent collection, with video or PDF instructions.
University of Alaska Museum Family Programs
The University of Alaska Museum of the North offers hands-on family learning programs and home activities connecting children with science, history, culture, art, and Alaska collections.
Take One Picture
Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s national primary-school programme, using one artwork from the collection to inspire cross-curricular classroom work, project stages, teacher learning, and exhibitions.
TheDadLab
Family science experiments, art, and interactive activities that children can try at home with an adult.
Artsonia
Online student art portfolios that help schools, families, and children publish, view, and celebrate creative work.
Boston Children’s Museum Online Games
Free online games from Boston Children’s Museum that invite children to create stories, build a museum, and practise memory.
Denver Botanic Gardens Online Learning
Online activities, family learning ideas, plant science, nature projects, and educational resources from Denver Botanic Gardens.
Atlanta Botanical Garden Playtime
Hands-on nature play, sensory stations, stories, music, and family activities in the Children's Garden.
Code Club World
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free coding game hub helps children make characters, T-shirts, music, games, art, websites, and more while earning project badges.
Miami Children’s Museum
An interactive museum in Miami where children ages 0–6 explore arts, science, and culture through exhibits, programs, play, and family learning experiences.
Auckland Museum — For the Kids
A museum-backed at-home hub with interactive games, quizzes, videos, downloadable activities, science-at-home projects, and kid-friendly cultural stories.
The New Children’s Museum Creative Resources
The New Children’s Museum’s Creative Resources page offers hands-on design challenges, printable coloring, lesson plans, virtual art experiences, and museum-inspired ideas for making at home.
Wichita Art Museum Youth and Family Programs
Wichita Art Museum’s youth and family page brings together free gallery activities, PLAY, StoryTime, YogaTime, preschool art, Family ArtVenture, camps, and at-home projects.
Wakefield Museum for Families
Wakefield Museum’s family guide highlights hands-on displays, free trails, Saturday craft activities, Museum Minis for ages 2–5, and workshops for children and young people.
Dallas Museum of Art Free Family Fun
The Dallas Museum of Art’s family resource page combines gallery guides, Art to Go totes, Arturo’s Library Totes, toddler programming, Open Studio, and Pop-Up Art Spot activities.
Johnson Museum Kids Make Activities
Cornell’s Johnson Museum Kids Space offers creative activities inspired by artists’ processes, including collage, tree prints, mystery maps, and paper clay sculpture.
DevTech Children and Families
Boston College’s DevTech Research Group offers family coding activities using ScratchJr and KIBO, including family coding days, beginner workshops, and child-friendly robotics and storytelling projects.
Carlos Museum Family Programs
Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum family guide with free online activities, gallery guides, SmARTy Packs, and hands-on programs connected to world cultures and collections.
Natural History Museum Indoor Science and Crafts
The Natural History Museum’s indoor science and crafts page offers family activities and ideas for exploring nature at home, in a garden, or in a local outdoor space, including craft projects, dinosaur activities, and educational resources.
Colors of Creation at The Weitzman
Colors of Creation is an immersive family gallery at The Weitzman in Philadelphia using projection mapping, music, responsive lighting, sensory play, and hands-on activities to invite children and adults into creative exploration.
Art For Kids Hub
A family-made library of step-by-step drawing lessons, painting projects, origami, crafts, and art videos for children.
TurtleStitch
A free, open-source coding and textile platform where learners turn visual programs into embroidery patterns and physical designs.
Museums Galleries Scotland Digital Learning Resources
A curated guide to free museum and gallery activities, quizzes, games, STEM ideas, arts, climate, and wellbeing resources for young people.
London Children's Museum
Hands-on play, art, science, early learning, family programs, and child-led exhibits at a children's museum in London, Ontario.
Crayola Learning
Creativity-focused lesson plans, thinking sheets, project plans, and learning videos from Crayola for classrooms and home learning.
Canadian Space Agency Kids and Teens
Space learning resources from the Canadian Space Agency, including space books, games, experiments, crafts, videos, and virtual visits.
OctoStudio
A free mobile coding app from the creators of Scratch that lets children create animations and games with block-based code.
My World Quest
A free learning world for children ages 4–15 with a 36-week journey across maths, science, English, history, geography, art, music, coding, stories, games, and creative activities.
Kids Art Studio — Museum of the City of New York
A hands-on drop-in art program inspired by the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibitions and collection, with collage, drawing, fiber art, and storytelling for children ages 3 and up.
Children’s Museum of Manhattan Mobile Guide
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s Bloomberg Connects mobile guide offers a PlayWorks audio tour, at-home art projects, parenting resources, and activities that extend museum learning beyond the building.
KokeLab
KokeLab offers kids learning games and projects in programming, math, science, and drawing, with a free-to-start browser experience aimed at ages 4–12.
Leeds City Museum Family Guide
Leeds City Museum’s official family guide introduces animal displays, archaeology, mini dig zones, costumes, music, hands-on interactives, reading areas, and family-friendly events.
Museum of the American Revolution At-Home Activities
The Museum of the American Revolution’s at-home collection combines a virtual museum tour, historical timeline, children’s readings, crafts, coloring pages, virtual field trips, and family-friendly history resources.
National Museum of Australia Family Visits
The National Museum of Australia family page helps children and grown-ups plan a visit with family activities, galleries, stories, and hands-on ways to explore Australian history and culture.
El Paso Museum of Art Virtual Family Guide
The El Paso Museum of Art’s virtual family guide offers gallery activities and downloadable art projects in English and Spanish for families to enjoy at home.
SEA LIFE Sydney Virtual Aquarium
SEA LIFE Sydney’s virtual aquarium hub combines keeper streams, activity sheets, craft activities, downloadables, and family wildlife challenges.
Louvre Abu Dhabi Make and Play
Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Make and Play collection offers short family art videos and at-home projects inspired by museum artworks, using simple materials for painting, paper craft, printing, movement, and design.
Guggenheim A Year with Children 2026
A Year with Children 2026 is the Guggenheim’s official online record of a youth exhibition featuring artwork by students in grades two through six from New York City public-school Learning Through Art residencies.
Minnesota Children’s Museum Experiences
Minnesota Children’s Museum presents three floors of interactive experiences and exhibits designed for children and families, including toddler-friendly, sensory, science, art, and maker-style play.
Whitney Open Studio
Whitney Open Studio is a recurring family art-making program where children and caregivers create projects inspired by the Whitney collection and exhibitions.
Deep Space Sparkle
Art lessons, project guides, printable ideas, and creative teaching support for children and the adults who guide their art learning.
Sesame Workshop Art Exploration
An interactive artmaker for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners that supports creative exploration through marks, shapes, symmetry, and drawing.
Museo Pambata
The Philippines’ first interactive children’s museum, using exhibits, programs, and events to make cultural and environmental learning fun and hands-on.
PAFA Family Art Day
PAFA Family Art Day is a recurring museum program with free family art workshops led by professional artists and a museum visit included with advance registration.
Glazer Children’s Museum
Glazer Children’s Museum is a hands-on learning museum where children and families explore play-based exhibits, storytime, camps, field trips, and STEAM programs.
CMLH at Home
Children’s Museum of La Habra activity ideas for little learners, including nature walks, storytelling, crafts, sensory play, engineering, science, math, music, and movement.
Livermore Public Library Fun & Games
A public-library collection of family activities including neighborhood bingo, book-title scavenger hunts, secret messages, and Creative Kids at Home videos.
Cambridge Public Library Online Resources for Kids
A public-library guide to children’s learning and reading resources, including Britannica Fundamentals, Craftsy, Encyclopedia Britannica, PebbleGo, Hoopla, digital collections, and family games.
Madderverse
A browser collection of creative games and tools for children, including pottery, coloring, beat-making, and other playful maker experiences. The landing page is usable without signup.
Artsology
A free arts education hub with more than 100 art games, arts investigations, printables, art videos, and art-adventure activities for children, teachers, and homeschool families.
Museum of Solutions
Mumbai’s Museum of Solutions is a large hands-on learning space where children explore STEAM, sustainability, design, systems thinking, and real-world challenges through exhibits and programmes.
Kubrio Learn
Short free courses for ages 6–13 that turn drawing, animation, comics, games, robots, and coding into paper-first making projects.
Look Closer Museum
A virtual museum for families that guides children through artworks, rooms, details, and looking exercises designed to build careful observation.
Loving2Learn
Loving2Learn is a free collection of hands-on activities, sing-along videos, stories, and printables across early learning, reading, maths, science, music, crafts, and family routines.
STEMA Learning Centre
STEMA Learning Centre offers a progressive STEAM pathway from ScratchJr and first builds through Python, JavaScript, AI, robotics, drones, and 3D design.
Code-it-Hacks Kids
Code-it-Hacks Kids offers a multi-year STEM journey through early play-based robotics, coding, circuits, engineering, AI, game development, 3D animation, and maker projects.
KiwiCo Activities
Hands-on science, art, engineering, and craft activities with instructions for family projects.
Maker Camp
Project-based making activities that combine science, engineering, art, and creative problem solving.
A-Lotl Games
A free browser arcade made by a young developer, with dozens of original games that run without downloads and a separate collection of creative coding experiments.
DIY
A kid-focused creative platform for building games and projects with AI-assisted tools, challenges, and guided making experiences.
National Children’s Museum
Hands-on museum exhibits, maker activities, and family learning experiences in Washington, DC.
Canva for Education
A visual design tool with education templates for posters, presentations, videos, and classroom projects.
PlayMMOMA
An educational online game from the Moscow Museum of Modern Art that introduces children to contemporary-art concepts, museum works, and making their own artworks.
EarlyActivity
EarlyActivity provides printable worksheets, colouring pages, puzzles, stories, science activities, and browser-based worksheet makers for children ages 2–12, families, and classrooms.