Event
Art Guardians | Family Workshop: The Missing Piece
Grab your tools and fix a broken object like a real art conservator! Designed for kids ages 6–11 and their caregivers, this workshop invites families to repair damaged pottery using kid-friendly materials. Fix a missing section of your provided piece of pottery while discussing an essential question: Should repairs disappear, stay subtle, or be easy to spot? Then, look closely at artworks in Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World.
Image: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
On View At
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is made up of two buildings—the West Building (Freer Gallery of Art) and the adjoining East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery).
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
What's on View
As our experiences become increasingly mediated by digital technologies, direct sensory perception and appreciation of the world have become all the more important. The sound of a voice, the glimpse of a painting, the taste of food, the touch . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Museum of Asian Art