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Winter Break Wonders

Class/Workshop
Museum-wide
FREE
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Make memories at the museum over the holiday break as you create with artists, make cozy collages and projects in the studios, and watch performances together as a family.
Join us for special activities each afternoon, including artmaking, creative play, movement activities, in-gallery experiences, visits by nature experts and local artists, and more.

Check out the schedule below for a full list of activities by day. See you there!

Free, no tickets required. Drop by anytime.

a mom enjoys making paper crowns with four children outside on walker landing
Photo by Ironside Photography / Stephen Ironside.

Activities by Day

Thurs, December 21
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snow Globes and Beaded Snowflakes | Durand & Estes Studios

1 – 4 PM

Nature Partner: Jay Schneider | The Studio
Family Activity: ReWild the Child | Bellows & Cassatt Rooms

Fri, December 22
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snowflake Quilt | Durand & Estes Studios
Gallery Bingo | Garrison Lobby

1 – 4 PM

Nature Partner: Jay Schneider | The Studio

2 – 4 PM

Yoga with Yoga Story | Bellows & Cassatt Rooms

Sat, December 23
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snowflake Quilt | Durand & Estes Studios
Artmaking: Ice Twirler | Bellows & Cassatt

1 – 4 PM

Portrait Fun: NWA Caricatures | Lower Lobby
Live Music: Ovations Performance | Museum Lobby

Sun, December 24
10 AM – 2 PM

Winter Scavenger Hunt | Garrison Lobby
Stop by Guest Services to pick up a scavenger hunt, then return with a finished sheet to claim your prize!

Closed: Mon, December 25
Closed: Tues, December 26
Wed, December 27
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snow Globes | Bellows & Cassatt Rooms
Gallery Bingo | Garrison Lobby

1 – 4 PM

Family Workshop: Fiber Arts with Sally Ball | Durand & Estes Studios

Thurs, December 28
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snowflake Quilt | Durand & Estes
Gallery Bingo | Garrison Lobby

1 – 4 PM

Art of Fun Puppet Show | Bellows & Cassatt
U of A Museum: Natural History and Button Making with Laurel Lamb | The Studio

Fri, December 29
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Beaded Snowflake | Bellows & Cassatt Rooms
Artmaking: Snowflake Quilt | Durand & Estes Studios

1 – 4 PM

Portrait Fun: NWA Caricatures | Lower Lobby

2 – 4 PM

Movement Class: NWA Ballet | Great Hall

Sat, December 30
10 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Snow Globes | Durand & Estes Studios

1 – 4 PM

Square Dancing with Steve Green + Ozark Footsong | Great Hall

1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM

Gallery Story Tour | Garrison Lobby

Sun, December 31
11 AM – 3 PM

Noon Year’s Eve | Museumwide

Mon, January 1
11 AM – 4 PM

Artmaking: Icicles Ttwirlers | Durand & Estes Studios
Resolution-Sketching | Main Galleries
Artmaking: Winter Wind Chimes | Bellows & Cassatt Rooms

2 – 2:40 PM

Magic Show with George Reader | Great Hall