Philadelphia Museum of Art

From hour-plus gallery tours to five-week mini courses, PMA offers classes for kids (ages three to 12) that combine art history, reading and studio work. Time is divided between art appreciation and making projects to bring home. Kids learn how to find their way around a museum and have access to a real art studio, where they don old men's button-downs—backwards—as smocks and experiment with paints, brushes, clays and other materials.