Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Explore the World. Choose your Adventure.
Families with children with sensory sensitivities are invited to explore the galleries during our Sensory Saturday. During this time, all rotating audio components will be turned down or muted to ensure a calm environment. Also, join our Sensory Saturday Hands-On program for activities filled with sensory play and inspired by our newest special exhibition: New African Masquerades.
Bring your journal, an open mind, and a willingness to engage deeply with stories that continue to challenge, provoke, and inspire in this immersive afternoon of literature, reflection, and creative exploration.
Reveal the hidden secrets of the museum’s newest special exhibition, New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. Featuring masks and full-body costumes that embody spirits, deities and ancestors, take inspiration from these contemporary artists and create your own accessories to represent the people and things that are important to you.
New to membership at the MFA? Or are you a current member eager to see the galleries through a new lens? During this special member experience, enjoy a docent-led tour designed to deepen your connection to the MFA’s remarkable collection. This special event has a limited capacity for up to only 25 participants.
Writers take note! We’re creating personal journals at our FREE pop-up studio in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. Use your journal for writing, drawing, or whatever form of artistic expression you prefer. It’s yours to take home. We’ll bring the materials. You bring the fun!
Embark on a journey of natural wonder through this unique collaboration between the MFA and the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center. Explore how artists have drawn inspiration from the natural world, then set off on a boating adventure filled with scientific and artistic discovery.
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones, revolves around James Witherspoon's two families—the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode. Held in conjunction with New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.
Families with children with sensory sensitivities are invited to explore the galleries during our Sensory Saturday. During this time, all rotating audio components will be turned down or muted to ensure a calm environment. Also, join our Sensory Saturday Hands-On program for activities filled with sensory play and inspired by ancient art and mosaics.
New to membership at the MFA? Or are you a current member eager to see the galleries through a new lens? During this special member experience, enjoy a docent-led tour designed to deepen your connection to the MFA’s remarkable collection. This special event has a limited capacity for up to only 25 participants.
Using techniques inspired by ancient artists in the collection, assemble an intricate mosaic of your own at our FREE pop-up studio in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. We’ll bring the materials. You bring the fun!
Discover ancient artworks throughout the museum, then sculpt and build your own low-relief sculptures and mosaics.
Embark on a journey of natural wonder through this unique collaboration between the MFA and the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center. Explore how artists have drawn inspiration from the natural world, then set off on a boating adventure filled with scientific and artistic discovery.