Family and Youth Programs

The Block Museum offers programs to foster creative collaboration within families and nurture individual imagination in art making. Families can enjoy workshops, summer cinema, and other special family events. During the summer, the museum also offers special programs for summer youth and camp groups.

Family Programs

Family Days at the Block Museum
Sunday July 12, 1–4 pm
Sunday August 9, 1–4 pm
Bring your family to the Block Museum for a FREE afternoon of creativity!  Come by anytime and enjoy a variety of art making activities, tours, and more. Recommended for families with children 5 and up.  This event is FREE.  No registration required.

Summer Outdoor Movies

Block Cinema presents free films along Evanston's beautiful lakefront. The full schedule is now available on the Block Cinema page.

Summer Youth Programs

Summer youth groups and camps can enjoy tours and art-making programs at the Block Museum throughout the summer. See our full list of summer group programs below.

All Summer Youth Program reservations should be made no later than 3 weeks in advance. Click here for our Summer Group Visit Reservation Form or email blockeducation@northwestern.edu to have a form sent to you or for more information. All art materials are included in the price of tours.

Click below for more information on our Summer Youth Program offerings:

• Sculpture Garden Walk
  
• Studio Program
  
• Gallery Program
  

Sculpture Garden Walk

Ages 5 and up

Take a walk through the Block Museum's Outdoor Sculpture Garden and then create your own sculptural masterpiece with clay and wire.

$10/group of 30 students

45 minutes

Summer Youth Group Visit Reservation Form (PDF)

Studio Program

Ages 5 and up

Students will go on a discussion based-tour of the exhibition Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection, exploring how artists tell stories about people and places through photography. Then we'll head to the studio to create our own image stories with collage and printmaking.

$25/group of 30 students

80 minutes

 Summer Youth Group Visit Reservation Form (PDF)

Gallery Program

Ages 5 and up

Students will go on a discussion based-tour of the exhibition Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection exploring how artists tell stories about people and places through photography and write their own creative poems and stories about the work they see in the galleries!

$10/group of 30 students

60 minutes

Summer Youth Group Visit Reservation Form (PDF)

The Block Museum can accommodate groups of up to 100 students with a combination of programs.

Lunch

Large groups are welcome to eat lunch before or after their field trips on campus. The Norris Student Center is located next door to the Museum and groups of up to 120 can eat lunch indoors there. Groups are also encouraged to eat outside by the lake or in the Sculpture Garden. Please bring bagged lunches in containers.