Creative sessions for kids
Kids is a project that introduces families and children to contemporary art with instruments and ideas that arouse curiosity and an understanding of the thoughts and techniques of today’s artists, through materials and experiences that are new and different every time.
New activities and workshops for children and teens designed to explore and discover the temporary exhibitions, Anselm Kiefer's permanent installation, and eL Seed's new mural await you: follow us to learn about all the news!
Active Sessions
Thursday 24
April 2025
3.30pm
6-10 years
Max. 25 CHILDREN participants
about 90 minutes
Kaleidoscopic Characters (6 – 10 years)
The installations in Yuginori Yanagi’s exhibition hide fantastic and mythological characters in labyrinthine works, large installations and illusory environments. With lots of materials, imagination and symmetry games, have fun creating new fantastic creatures with unique powers!
The presence of an adult is not required during the activity. Registration for the route automatically grants access to the accompanying person: there is no need to make a reservation for the adult.
→ Book nowSaturday 26
April 2025
11.00am
5-8 years
Max 27 (including accompanying adults) participants
about 90 minutes
FAMILY LAB | Tactile Compositions (5-8 years)
Can you see and touch sound? To find out, let’s explore Tarek Atoui’s exhibition together! We’ll have fun experimenting with different materials and a musical staff to create our own multi-sensory musical score!
For Family Lab courses, online registration is also required for all accompanying adults who wish to attend.
→ Book nowSaturday 26
April 2025
3.30pm
9-12 years
Max. 25 CHILDREN participants
about 90 minutes
Discover ‘Icarus’ (10-12 years)
Through quizzes, games, puzzles and with the help of the Art Tutor, participants will have fun discovering stories about monsters, myths, superheroes, flags, great events of the past and the tireless little insects that animate the large and amazing installations by artist Yukinori Yanagi!
The presence of an adult is not required during the activity. Registration for the route automatically grants entry to the accompanying person: there is no need to make a reservation for adults.
→ Book nowSunday 04
May 2025
11.00am
5-6 years
Max. 12 KIDS participants
about 90 minutes
Drops and Bubbles – The Rain
Conceived and designed by the artist Tarek Atoui
Can sound travel through water? How can we hear sound underwater? To answer these and many other questions, come and discover the exhibition of Tarek Atoui whose works explore the world of vibrations and sounds. Together with Pirelli HangarBicocca’s Arts Tutors, have fun experimenting with underwater microphones, natural materials, and many different objects to create unexpected and fun soundscapes with bubbles and drops of all kinds!
→ Book nowSunday 04
May 2025
3.30pm
7-10 years
Max. 27 participants
about 90 minutes
FAMILY LAB | Exploring ‘Icarus’ (7-10 years)
A challenge for young and old to explore Yukinori Yanagi’s exhibition: through quizzes, games, puzzles and with the help of the Art Tutor, participants will have fun discovering stories about monsters, myths, superheroes, flags and the tireless little insects that animate the artist’s large and amazing installations!
For Family Lab courses, online registration is also required for all accompanying adults who wish to attend.
→ Book nowSaturday 10
May 2025
10.45am
6-10 years
Max. 12 KIDS participants
90 minuti circa
Sunday 01
June 2025
11.00am
5-6 years
Max. 12 KIDS participants
about 90 minutes
On Vibration and Resonance – The Hive
Conceived and designed by the artist Tarek Atoui
Come and explore Tarek Atoui’s exhibition together with Pirelli HangarBicocca’s Arts Tutor and discover the world of vibrations and sounds hidden in natural elements and everyday objects! Then have fun experimenting with the combination of different percussion instruments and motorized and vibrating objects. Invent with imagination new musical instruments to create unexpected and surprising sounds to experience with your whole body.
→ Book nowUseful Information
Creative sessions are held in Italian.
Admission rates for the creativity courses on the Kids program are as follows:
First child – 8 euros
Each additional child – 6 euros
Accompanying adult (Family Lab) – free of charge
By purchasing the Family Membership Card children and adults can take part free of charge in all Kids activities, which must be booked online.
For any info about our kids activities, please contact hbkids@hangarbicocca.org