We offer a full schedule of things for families to do all-year-round, from exhibitions, educational programs and tours to special family events. Return to this page often, and stay up to date.
Become a Frick member and Clayton tours are always free!
For more information and to register, please call 412-205-2022 Monday–Friday between 8:30 a.m.and 4:30 p.m. Or, e-mail us.
February 2012
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CarKids: Hold Your Horses
Saturday, February 4
11:00–11:45 a.m.
Meet at the Car and Carriage Museum
Listen to the story of the horses that pulled the coaches which carried people around Pittsburgh in the 1800s and early 1900s. What did they eat and where did they sleep? What did they wear besides shoes? Decorate a shiny horseshoe to take home for good luck. Free program, includes take-home activity.
Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration
Opening/Family Day Celebration
Saturday, February 11
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Stories and songs! Engaging performances! Awesome art! Lemonade and cookies! You’re invited to a family celebration to welcome our special exhibition Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration. Wander through the exhibition where you’ll be charmed by familiar and loveable picture book characters. Or, curl up in our cozy gallery reading nook, where you can choose a page-turner from a fun selection of children’s books.
We’ll have family- friendly presentations throughout the day with dancer Traci Yorke and puppet-maker Joann Kielar, and lots of cool book-related projects at our hands-on art station.
Family tours of Clayton will be provided at 10:15 a.m. and 12:15,
1:15 and 2:15 p.m. Tours are free for children 16 and under.
The Café will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but will not be serving entrees or afternoon tea. Download our Family Day children's menu here.
Oh, and one more thing: surprise us and come dressed as your favorite story book character! We’d love to take your picture next to the “wildest thing” in the museum. Free event, open to the public.
Schedule of Events
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• Fold, punch, paste and stitch your own book
• Create a monster bookmark
• Design a zany comic strip
• Complimentary Smiley Cookies
provided by Eat'n Park
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| 11:00 a.m. |
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Interactive puppet theater with Joann Kielar
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| 12:00 p.m. |
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Storybook films: Pete’s a Pizza . . . and More William Steig Stories
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Storytelling and dancing with Tracie Yorke
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Storybook Films: Where the Wild Things Are . . . and 5 More Stories
by Maurice Sendak
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Storytelling and dancing with Tracie Yorke |
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ArtKids: Sing Me a Story
Saturday, March 3
11:00-–11:45 a.m.
Family program, ages 4–8
The Frick Art Museum
Take part in a lively look at Draw Me a Story. Come along on a tuneful trip through our special exhibition of children’s book illustrations. Familiar tunes will keep your hands clapping and toes tapping. Make a jingly instrument for keeping the beat in the gallery and long after. Program includes a hands-on tour and a related take-home project. Free.
Saturday Matinee: The Phantom Tollbooth
Saturday, March 10
1:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum Auditorium
The modern children’s classic The Phantom Tollbooth is 50 years old so we’re celebrating with a special showing of the eponymous animated film. Leave your winter doldrums in the dust and speed off with Milo and Tock on their amazing journey to acquire wisdom. Animated; rated G; 90 minutes; 1970. Free family program.
Enormous Eggs
Saturday, March 31
1:00–3:30 p.m.
Kids ages 8–12
Clayton; Lexington Education Center
Eggstra large, eggstra cool—decorate your very own real ostrich egg. Whether you like to paint sweetly and neatly or wacky and wild, you’ll have a blast trying your hand at this curious Victorian pastime. $15 child member, $20
non-member child. Advance registration and pre-payment required.
Call 412-205-2022. |
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Family Day: Storybook Spring
Saturday, April 14
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Kick off National Library Week at a fun-filled family day event.We'll have interactive gallery tours, special guest readers,hands-on art, and lots more.Join us and draw, tell, sing, and imagine stories all afternoon. Free event, open to the public.
FrickKids: Growing Up at Clayton
Saturday, April 7
11:00-–11:45 a.m.
Family program, ages 4–8
The Frick Art Museum
Take part in a lively look at Childhood at Clayton. Check out some of the toys, games, and books that the Frick family played with, more than 100 years ago. Compare them to what children do today for fun—you may be surprised at what’s the same and what has changed. Make a new old-fashioned toy for your toybox. Program includes a hands-on tour and a related take-home project. Free. |
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ArtKids: Tail Tales
Saturday, May 5
11:00-–11:45 a.m.
Family program, ages 4–8
The Frick Art Museum
Take part in a lively look at Draw Me a Story. So many animals are in the gallery and each one has a “tail” to tell. From bushy tails that swish to scaly tails that pinch we’ll find them and hear their stories. Make a furry tailed pet of your own to take home. Program includes a hands-on tour and a related take-home project. Free.
Free Admission to Clayton for Mom
on Mother’s Day Weekend!
Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13
All day
Celebrating Mother’s Day at the Frick will be better than ever this year, as you and your special mom can view the lovely children’s book illustrations in Draw Me a Story at The Frick Art Museum. Add to her enjoyment of the day by taking her into Clayton, where childhood items of the Frick children will be on display. With the purchase of one admission, your mother, mother-in-law or grandmother will receive free admission to Clayton. After your tour stop into our Museum Shop, where Mom will receive a one-day discount. Reservations are strongly recommended, so please call 412-371-0600 to reserve your tour today!
Special Family Tours
Make Mother’s Day extra-special with kid-paced, child-friendly tours of Clayton. As our gift to Mom, Family Tours are free for kids as well as for the guest of honor. Call 412-371-0600 for times and to reserve your spot.
Mom and Me: A Book-Themed Tea
Saturday, May 12
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Ages 6–10, with an adult
Celebrate Mother’s Day—and the love of reading—in a new way this year. Bring Mom, Grandma or your favorite adult, a costume or accessory from your favorite book, and an appetite for paperbacks and pastries. Our museum teachers will provide a lively tour of Draw Me a Story, yummy treats in the Lexington Education Center and lots of fun materials to create one-of-a kind reading accessories to take home. $40 member, child and adult pair; $50 non-member, child and adult pair; $20 each additional child or adult. Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022. |
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Free Admission to Clayton for Dad on Father’s Day Weekend
Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17
All day
Father’s Day weekend falls at the opening of our summer exhibition, A Summer of Printmaking featuring The Prints of Jacques Callot and mezzotints and chromolithographs from the permanent collection. Bring Dad to the Frick to be one of the first to see these wonderful prints, and let him experience the rest of the site as well. He will love spending time in the Car and Carriage Museum, and on a tour of Clayton he can learn more about industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his family. Fathers, grandfathers and fathers-in-law receive free admission to Clayton with the purchase of one admission. Dad will also receive a one-day discount at the Museum Shop. Tours fill quickly, so please call 412-371-0600 for reservations.
Special Family Tours
Make Father’s Day extra-special with kid-paced, child-friendly tours of Clayton. As our gift to Dad, Family Tours are free for kids as well as for the guest of honor. Call 412-371-0600 for times and to reserve your spot. |
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