School's Out!

Visit the Museum December 21-22 and December 28-29 for FREE!

Start your winter break at the Norton! Enjoy all the Museum has to offer during these two days with FREE admission for families.

Schools Out! welcomes you and your family to join us for family-friendly tours, drop-in art workshops, and activities designed to explore holiday traditions and celebrations around the world. Plus, families attending these programs will receive special discounts from The Restaurant!

School's Out! December Holidays around the World

Wednesday, December 21 / 11AM-4PM

Wednesday, December 21-22, 2022 / 10AM-4PM

Start your winter break at the Norton! Enjoy all the Museum has to offer during these two days with FREE admission for families.

Schools Out! welcomes you and your family to join us for family-friendly tours, drop-in art workshops, and activities designed to explore holiday traditions and celebrations around the world. Plus, families attending these programs will receive special discounts from The Restaurant!

Wednesday, December 21

December Holidays Around the World

10 AM - 4 PM / Activities

Project Room / 2nd floor

American Collection, New York Mural by Stuart Davis

Norton Art+ AR Activity / Great Hall

Explore six contemporary artworks from the Museum's collection in an exciting new way!

Coloring Activity / Great Hall

Coloring sheets inspired by the Norton Collection

1:30 - 2 PM / Family Tour / Museum Galleries

2 - 4 PM / Drop-in Art Workshops / Sculpture Garden

Walk-ins welcome for drop-in art activity


Thursday, December 22

The New Year Around the World

10 AM - 4 PM / Activities

Project Room / 2nd floor

American Collection, New York Mural by Stuart Davis

Norton Art+ AR Activity / Great Hall

Explore six contemporary artworks from the Museum's collection in an exciting new way!

Coloring Activity / Great Hall

Coloring sheets inspired by the Norton Collection

11:30 AM / Express Tour / Museum Galleries

2 - 3:30 PM / Storytelling and Art Activity*
 with Pranoo from Rohi’s Readery
/ Korman Room

*Registration is required for this event; space is limited to 60.

REGISTER HERE

2 – 4 PM / Book Pop-up! / Museum Lobby

Reflect on diverse New Year traditions with a beautiful story book, Every Month Is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World, read by Pranoo from Rohi’s Readery. Then, create a vision board art activity and enjoy a Book Pop-up! Browse a collection of books handpicked by the Readery. These New Year stories will motivate kids to look forward to a fresh start, perhaps make a resolution or two, and even start a New Year’s tradition of their own.

For more information, email [email protected].

special discount from the restaurant for families attending these programs and visiting the museum during School’s Out!


Norton Art+ was made possible by the generosity of the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

This program was made possible by the generosity of Publix Super Market Charities.