The 10 Best Art Museums for Kids

The table rug is from the Middle East; the pearls on the woman’s necklace come from Asia or the Pacific Islands.The man and young woman were playing guitar and cello. Now they are taking a break from the music.These statues of chubby little boys are called putti, and when they appear it usually means that love is in the air.The artist who painted this picture used diagonal lines to make it look like the window frame is close to you and the landscape is far away. (From the Faces, Places, and Inner Spaces exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.)

Not having children I don't think about these issues, but still, this article from Child magazine, "The 10 Best Art Museums for Kids," is worth reading to give you some ideas about destination development and management. From the article:

From gallery tours for toddlers to camps for school-age children, even the most high-end art museums have devised wonderful ways to welcome families. In the first investigation of its kind, CHILD champions the cultural centers that have made the visual arts accessible and fun for kids.

The Top 10:

1. Art Institute of Chicago
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
3. Dayton Art Institute
4. De Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
5. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
6. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
7. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
8. Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, Delaware
9. Dallas Museum of Art
10. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Index Keywords: arts-culture