Saturday, September 22 from 10AM-4:30PM
ALBANY, NEW YORK– The Albany Institute of History & Art invites families to explore art and animals at their Family Fun Day at the Moo-seum on Saturday, September 22 from 10AM-4:30PM. Activities are included with museum admission.
Throughout the day, the Albany Institute will host animal-themed activities to encourage families to explore the Institute’s animal themed exhibitions: Birds & Beasts: The Scary, Magical, and Adorable Animals of the Albany Institute and A Menagerie of Whimsey: The Art of William B. Schade.
Animal themed activities include tales of birds and beasts in story time with the Albany Public Library and the 2018 Albany Tulip Queen Sawyer Cresap, face painting, and a sing-a-long to popular children’s songs with Andy “the Music Man’ Morse. There will also be art activities and a scavenger hunt that will provide a fun way for families to explore the exhibitions.
Schedule of events (please check www.albanyinstitute.org for updates):
- 10AM-4:30PM: Explore the exhibitions with a fun scavenger hunt
- 10AM-4:30PM: Create your favorite animal in the Art Studio
- 10:30AM-11AM: Enjoy tales of birds and beasts in story time with the Albany Public Library
- 11:30AM-12PM: Enjoy tales of birds and beasts in story time with the Tulip Queen
- 11AM-2PM: Turn into your favorite animal with face painting
- 1PM-2PM: Sing animal songs in a sing-a-long with Andy “the Music Man” Morse
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The Albany Institute of History & Art is located at 125 Washington Avenue in Albany, New York. Free parking is available in the museum’s lot at the corner of Elk and Dove Streets.
Current admission rates are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students with ID, $6 for children aged 6-12, and free for children under 6. Albany Institute members are admitted for free. There is no charge to visit the café or museum shop. The museum offers free admission to the galleries on Thursdays from 5pm-8pm and on the First Fridays of the month from 5pm-8pm. To learn about other discounts and free admission days, please refer to the Visit section of www.albanyinstitute.org
For more information, visit www.albanyinstitute.org or call (518) 463-4478.
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Founded in 1791, the Albany Institute of History & Art is New York’s oldest museum. Its collections document the Hudson valley as crossroads of culture, influencing the art and history of the region, the state, and the nation. With more than 35,000 objects and one million documents in the library, it is an important resource for the region, giving our community a sense of the part the Hudson Valley played in the American story, and our own place in history. Permanent and temporary exhibitions are open year-round and create a sense of place, allowing visitors to meet the people who helped shape this region. Among the museum’s best-known and most-loved collections are the 19th century Hudson River School landscape paintings by artists like Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, the 19th century sculpture collections, and, of course, the famous Albany Mummies that came to the museum in 1909 and have been on view ever since. For more information, please visit www.albanyinstitute.org and be sure to follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/albanyinstitute), Twitter (@AlbanyInstitute), and Instagram (albanyinstitute).
