Engaging Experiences for All Ages

From Family Free Days, to tours designed with families in mind, to drop-in art making for all ages, there is something for everyone at the Albany Institute.

Upcoming Family Events

10:00am–5:00pm Albany Institute of History & Art is open this Veteran's Day and visitors of all ages are invited to Family Free Day! Themed around our fall exhibitions—Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints and For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art—join us for activities inspired by what's on view, including hands-on activities, gallery tours, a film screening, and more.  

11:00am–11:45am Enrich your experience of our current exhibitions through a docent-led tour of the galleries. Docent tours are an excellent way to learn more about the artworks and objects on display, in addition to the stories they tell. Interaction and questions are encouraged, and visitors of all ages are welcome. The tour is free with museum admission, no registration required. Please plan to meet in the museum atrium, main level, near the admission desk before the tour begins.

12:00pm–4:00pm Visitors of all ages can create custom playing cards inspired by Clementine Hunter's Ladies Playing Cards (1968–1969), on view in the exhibition For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art, August 23 through December 31, 2025. Enjoy your visit to the museum, and explore your artistic side with an art project inspired by the museum's exhibitions and collections. Museum patrons may enjoy drop-in art-making, offered most Saturdays from 12–4PM. Art for All is free with museum admission; no registration required. All ages are welcome to participate. Image: Ladies Playing Cards, Clementine Hunter, 1968–1969, oil on canvas. Collection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. H. Payne Breazeale Sr. N0106.1974. Photograph by Richard Walker.  

11:00am–11:45am Enrich your experience of our current exhibitions through a docent-led tour of the galleries. Docent tours are an excellent way to learn more about the artworks and objects on display, in addition to the stories they tell. Interaction and questions are encouraged, and visitors of all ages are welcome. The tour is free with museum admission, no registration required. Please plan to meet in the museum atrium, main level, near the admission desk before the tour begins.