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Discover the region's only interactive art environment for families. The Laramie L. Leatherman Art Learning Center and Art Sparks Interactive Gallery offers an extraordinary hands-on gallery featuring 30 activities, multi-media, and works of art.

Photo by Marvin Young

Make connections with art in the museum's collection:

  • Dance inside a video artwork
  • See yourself as charcoal drawing
  • Build your own city
  • See how others see you in the specially designed True Mirror

also includes:

  • The new Planet Preschool: a fun, visual place for kids ages 5 and under
  • Hands-on Art: a special room filled with all the art supplies you need to create your own masterpiece
  • Saturday Family Fun: visiting artists offer art-making workshops, special tours and classes related to the museum's collection.

Elementary school groups can visit the Art Learning Center when they come for a guided thematic tour. The cost per student for a combined program is $5.00 per student. Fee waivers are available for students with special situations.

Admission to Art Sparks is $5.00 per person; free to Family Members of The Speed Art Museum. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult (16 and over).
Group rate for non-school groups - $2.00 per child, adults free.

School groups are welcome at Art Sparks. To schedule a school tour, please call (502) 634-2700 or e-mail tours@speedmuseum.org.

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