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For Families (11)

• Family Sunday

  TAKE PART in Art

  Sundays, January 2 and 16, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Today, your presence is the most important part of the art. The works wouldn't be complete without you, breathtaking you!

• Family Sunday

  TUNE IN

  Sundays, February 6 and 20, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Can you hear it? From boiler-room rumbles to the popping of a painting or a sculpture's soaring song, tune in to the museum's kinetic symphony.

• Free Family Day

  Keeping It REAL

  Sunday, March 06, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  Welcome to our open house! Sometimes artists pick up the pieces of real life to present new perspectives. How? By making art out of everyday objects (think everything from paper…

• Family Sunday

  Keeping It REAL

  Sunday, March 20, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Celebrate artists who pick up the pieces of everyday life — think everything from paper clips to comic strips — and use them to make real art.

• Family Sunday

  FRAME by Frame

  Sundays, April 3 and 17, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Freeze frame. Stop time. Frame the art that's in your mind. Come explore the museum frame by frame.

• Family Sunday

  A Sense of PLACE

  Sundays, May 1 and 15, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Wherever you go, there you are. Here, there, and everywhere, see how inventive spaces shape your sense of place.

• Family Sunday

  Gotta COLLECT

  Sundays, June 5 and 19, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.

  Got a collection? We've got a few on view too! Apply your discerning eye and get hands-on as you create, compile, and comment on our collections.

• Family Sunday

  What’s the STORY?

  Every Sunday in July, August, and September, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  
  July 24: Deborah Underwood, author
  July 31: Amy Novesky, author
  August 7: Attaboy, author
  August 14: Maya Christina Smith-Gonzalez, author
  August 21: Kathryn Otoshi, author
  August 28: Karen Ehrhardt, author
  September 4: Elisa Kleven, author
  September 11: Jeanne Walker Harvey, author
  September 18: Lynn Hazen, author
  September 25: Bob Barner, author

  Explore art, create your own, travel to extraordinary worlds, get hands-on, discover special places, be inspired. That's just a hint at the fun we have in store for you on Family…

• Family Day

  Google Family Day

  Sunday, July 17, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  Welcome to our free open house for families! Take part in all kinds of artful activities and check out an exhibition of fabulous designs from the Doodle 4 Google student art…

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  Family Sunday

  DRAWing Inspiration

  Sundays, October 2 - December 18, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Do you doodle? Draw on your imagination and make your mark at the museum as we sketch, scribble, and squiggle our way through the wonderful world of drawing.

• Family Day

  Yerba Buena FREE Family Day

  Sunday, October 16, 2011
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  Join us for a creative marathon of family-friendly activities at four of San Francisco's finest museums — SFMOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Museum of the African…