Families Together’s mission is to create an atmosphere of lifelong learning. Families are invited to spend time together exploring a topic inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections. Different activities are available for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary aged children. Each class will focus on a specific artwork or object and a related topic. Play stations will be available for the hour, and an educator-led experience, centered around the object, will take place inside a museum. Explore, wonder, observe, and learn!

Classes will gather in the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center’s classroom for exploration and then go on a museum visit for a closer look at an object.

Basic Information:

Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Age Range: 0-Kindergarten (older siblings are welcome)
Price: $35.00
1 ticket admits whole family

(Looking for a program for your baby? Check out our Infant Investigator Programs!)

Current Offerings

Sunday September 27, 2026 – Oceans

In the ocean, there is so much more than you can see on the surface. Dive deep with us as we engage in play and exploration to learn more about the ocean and the plants and animals that call it home. We’ll discover more about marine life at the National Museum of Natural History’s Sant Ocean Hall meeting ocean animals big and small!

Starting Location: Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center’s classroom in National Museum of Natural History (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)

Museum Visit: Natural History Museum

Sunday, October 18, 2026- Fall Harvest

Explore your favorite fall foods including pies, pumpkins, and apples in this festive class. We plan on visiting Graft by Roxy Paine at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (weather permitting) to learn about how apple trees grow and produce fruit.

Starting Location: Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center’s classroom in National Museum of American History (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)

Museum Visit: National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. (Weather back up location is American History Museum)

Sunday, November 8, 2026 – Animal Adaptations

Why do animals all look so different? And how can they live in so many different places on earth? We’ll explore some of the amazing ways animals (and humans!) are the same and different and how those differences help them thrive.

Starting Location: Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center’s classroom in National Museum of Natural History (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)

Museum Visit: Natural History Museum

Sunday December 6, 2026- Dinosaurs

Have you ever wondered about how dinosaur fossils get to the museum? Let’s find out together by becoming a paleontologist and looking for fossils. This class will begin by exploring dinosaur themed play stations in our SEEC classrooms and will end in the National Museum of Natural History where we will be able to see the dinosaur fossils in the museum!

Starting Location: Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center’s classroom in National Museum of Natural History (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)

Museum Visit: Natural History Museum

Looking for a program for your baby? Check out our Infant Investigator Programs!