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Plan your next visit! Free weekends for locals will come to an end on August 28!
Counties included: Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, and Liberty (Georgia), and Beaufort and Jasper (South Carolina)
*excludes Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters

Please Note: Joe's at the Jepson will be closed Thursday, 8/11 through Sunday, 8/21. The café will re-open on Monday, August 22.
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Family Programs

Telfair Museums provides many opportunities for families to visit the museum, learn, and make art together. If you’re looking for a fun and educational activity for children, you’ve come to the right place!

Art Start: Stroller and Toddler Tours

  • Third Thursday of every month, 10:30-11:30am | Jepson Center
  • $5 per child
  • Adult members free | Adult non-members $12

Start your day with art with our new and combined programs! Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here. Come play and learn with us!

Art Start: Stroller & Toddler Tours
August 18 at 10:30am–11:30am Jepson Center
Start your day with art with our new and combined programs! Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.

Art Start: Stroller & Toddler Tours
September 15 at 10:30am–11:30am Jepson Center
Start your day with art with our new and combined programs! Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.

Art Start: Stroller & Toddler Tours
October 20 at 10:30am–11:30am Jepson Center
Start your day with art with our new and combined programs! Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.

Art Start: Stroller & Toddler Tours
November 17 at 10:30am–11:30am Jepson Center
Start your day with art with our new and combined programs! Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.

Drop-In Studio

  • Children in the drop-in studio at Telfair Museums' Jepson Center Every Saturday & Sunday beginning Jan. 8| 10am –2pm
  • Jepson Center
  • FREE with museum admission

Take time to unleash your creativity, join us in our studios every Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 2pm for artmaking projects for all ages! Work at your own pace and comfort level through an array of creative mediums such as watercolors, collage, calligraphy, origami, coloring books and much more. Each month features a special project designed to connect with an exhibition at the museum. A studio assistant is always on hand to answer questions and assist guests. Drop-In Studio is perfect for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.

Free Family Days!

Telfair Museums’ Free Family Days for Chatham County residents are offered throughout the year. Enjoy music, artist demonstrations, and hands-on art-making, and more — free of charge!

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BLOW UP Free Family Day with Activities
August 20 at 10am–5pm Jepson Center
Hands-on artmaking and inflatable art demonstrations from 1–4pm. Telfair offers a back-to-school family event with inflatable fun and art activities based on the museum’s exhibition Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art!

ArtZeum

Child in the Glass House at Telfair Museums' Jepson Center, Savannah Open during regular Jepson Center hours

A great place to visit after school, on rainy days, on weekends, or just anytime, Telfair’s hands-on learning gallery and interactive exhibits provide an excellent introduction to big ideas about art.

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