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Explore the Summer Exhibition

Every Wednesday and Friday from 23 July

23 Jul — 15 Aug 2008
Free

Summer Exhibition 2007 Family Workshop
Summer Exhibition 2007 Family Workshop

Take part in a family workshop in the Summer Exhibition, comprising an introductory talk and practical hands-on session every Wednesday and Friday from 23 July.

Main Galleries; 11am–1pm; free with an exhibition ticket, call 020 7300 5995 to book

Family Gallery Talks take place at 2.30pm every Sunday in July

Free with an exhibition ticket

Other activities for children

Summer Snapshots
This free printed guidesheet for 8 to 13-year-olds leads a trail around the Summer Exhibition, encouraging close observation and responses to work. Read more

Art Detectives
Younger sleuths use this guide to solve riddles and discover selected works of art in the Summer Exhibition. Read more

Art Trays
Designed to encourage the artist in everyone, these activity trays for young visitors and their families are used in the galleries to create works of art inspired by the Summer Exhibition. Worksheets and sketchbooks for every child available daily.

Free; available from the information desk

Academy Shop

Show photo credits

Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.

 

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art