Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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A girl with long brown hair wearing a red cap sits in front of a table with paint and miscellaneous craft items.

Pop-up Studio: Fantasylands

This drop-in workshop is designed for families to explore and create together.

Sat Nov 12 11:00 AM

Characters walk down yellow brick road

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: Wizard Of Oz

After a tornado transports Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog Toto to the magical land of Oz, they follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, encountering a ragtag group of friends and a wicked witch along the way.

Sun Nov 13 11:00 AM

Families created prints celebrating their neighborhoods in a workshop conceived by artist Olga Koumoundouros at Family Day: Kids for Peace.

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Hands-on, family friendly creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Nov 19 1:00 PM

Families created prints celebrating their neighborhoods in a workshop conceived by artist Olga Koumoundouros at Family Day: Kids for Peace.

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Hands-on, family friendly creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Nov 26 11:00 AM

Families created prints celebrating their neighborhoods in a workshop conceived by artist Olga Koumoundouros at Family Day: Kids for Peace.

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Hands-on, family friendly creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Dec 3 1:00 PM

Skeletons hold hands as silohouette's in front of a setting moon

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: Nightmare Before Christmas

The beloved stop motion animation, full of memorable songs and characters, follows the misadventures of Halloweentown's Jack Skellington, whose plot to take over Christmas goes seriously awry.

Sun Dec 4 11:00 AM

A girl with long brown hair wearing a red cap sits in front of a table with paint and miscellaneous craft items.

Pop-up Studio: Zines

This drop-in workshop is designed for families to explore and create together.

Sat Dec 10 11:00 AM

Kids work on writing in an 826LA writing workshop at the Hammer Museum.

826LA@Hammer: Self-Care for Kids

This workshop for kids uses creative writing exercises to get to know our emotional selves and address emotional challenges.

Sun Dec 11 11:00 AM

Still from The White Balloon showing a young girl. Credit: October Films/Photofest

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: The White Balloon

This story of a seven year old girl on her way to buy a goldfish for Nowruz and the obstacles she overcomes along the way was listed as one of the 50 best family films of all time.

Sun Jan 22 11:00 AM

Child in a green shirt drawing with markers

826LA@Hammer: Making Monster Manuals

Students create an illustrated manual for appropriate monster behavior in this workshop led by author and experienced monster tamer Kim Adelman.

Sun Jan 29 11:00 AM