Art Museums to Visit with Children
Child-friendly museums with programs and offers suitable for kids and teens.
Read MoreArt has no age limit. And when the program is fun and entertaining, the museum visit becomes a lasting experience both for children and adults.
Whether you are looking for sculptures and classic paintings, or exploring relics from far-away countries and cultures, or taking a trip of discovery through the numerous art collections, works of art reveal many things about the world, our history and us people. But often, art museums aren’t the first places that come to mind as kid-friendly destinations. After all, there is not touching, no speaking and certainly no running around. Fortunately, this is not the case in the museums listed below: With programs that fit the needs of children, exciting activities, workshops and fun guides, these museums provide a meaningful and fun experience for your little ones.
Zürich | Children's Audioguide | 5 to 12 years
Kunsthaus Zürich
Kids discover the exciting world of artists with the Children’s Audioguide and learn interesting facts in a playful way.
Zürich | Children's Audioguide | 5 to 12 years
Zürich | SonntagsAtelier | 5 to 10 years
Museum Haus Konstruktiv
Kids are introduced to a selection of works from the exhibition, at the Atelier they let their creativity run wild and do their own works of art.
Zürich | SonntagsAtelier | 5 to 10 years
Zürich | GIVE IT A GO! Art for the youngest | age 3+
Museum Rietberg
On a trip of discovery, the little ones explore relics from distant cultures. Inspired by what they’ve seen, they create their own works of art in the Atelier.
Zürich | GIVE IT A GO! Art for the youngest | age 3+
Zürich | Workshops for Kids
Museum für Gestaltung
In this colorful world of design and visual communication, the workshops provide a great opportunity to children to get proactive and creative.
Zürich | Workshops for Kids
Zürich | Kids’ architecture tour and “hands-on” tables
Le Corbusier Pavilion
Embark on the kids’ architecture tour, design color concepts and furniture at the “hands-on” tables, and discover one of the great Swiss architects.
Zürich | Kids’ architecture tour and “hands-on” tables
Zürich | Workshops for Kids | age 6+
Musée Visionnaire
During the museum tour and the workshop, children get a creative approach to the exposed art works of the current exhibition.
Zürich | Workshops for Kids | age 6+
Zürich | Puzzle Book «Art Detectives» | 8 to 12 years
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
With the puzzle book, plenty of fantasy and a lot of creativity the little art detectives explore mysterious samples and invent their own stories.
Zürich | Puzzle Book «Art Detectives» | 8 to 12 years
Zug | Art Guidebook | age 8+
Kunsthaus Zug
What do you see in this or that picture? Is there something behind it? With funny activities and challenges, kids perceive art with all their senses.
Zug | Art Guidebook | age 8+
Winterthur | Sunday Early Bird | 5 to 12 years
Fotomuseum Winterthur
For each exhibition, kids can attend workshops where they learn about the many sides of photography, do their own projects and present them.
Winterthur | Sunday Early Bird | 5 to 12 years
Winterthur | Art Detectives | 5 to 13 years
Collection Oskar Reinhart "Am Römerholz"
Equipped with the museum suitcase, little adventurers travel through the art collection. In it: a coloring book, puzzles, riddles and artist utensils. Who will crack the code?
Winterthur | Art Detectives | 5 to 13 years
Winterthur | Art Stroll | 5 to 8 years
Kunst Museum Winterthur
When art becomes an experience: On this stroll, kids get a playful insight into the exhibition and explore art with imagination and creativity.
Winterthur | Art Stroll | 5 to 8 years
Vaduz | Family Ateliers
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Art that invites curiosity: a museum where children can engage with art, spark their imagination, and create their own masterpieces.
Vaduz | Family Ateliers
Winterthur | Workshops for Everyone
Gewerbemuseum
At the workshop, children learn about specific topics from the exhibition. And the atelier studio is a place where young and old can be creative and do their own art.
Winterthur | Workshops for Everyone
Rapperswil-Jona | Atelier
Kunst(Zeug)Haus
In the studio, the little artists produce their own color following old traditions and create their own works of art.
Rapperswil-Jona | Atelier
Pfäffikon | Arts and Crafts Workshops and Movie Afternoons
Vögele Kultur Zentrum
For each exhibition, the Kultur Zentrum organizes topic-related arts and crafts workshops and movie afternoons.
Pfäffikon | Arts and Crafts Workshops and Movie Afternoons
Interactive museums and exhibitions for children
Explore and experience the secrets of nature and major scientific achievements with the whole family in these exhibitions and museums.
Manufactories and Craftsmanship
Watch the masters at their craft and learn exciting things about manufactories and craftmanship.
City Tours with Children
Educational, fun, exciting, and proactive: Kids discover cities in a playful way and delve into interesting, new worlds and urban areas.
Discover castles, fortresses and ruins
Follow the traces of the past and discover how people used to live in the early days.
Family Trails
Following tracks, solving puzzles and cracking codes: On these discovery trails, families learn interesting facts about regions and cities.
