NGV Kids
Family Trails and Activities

A selection of free self-guided trails are available from the Information Desk and are designed to guide families around aspects of the NGV Collection and select exhibitions.

• In the picture
  A ‘look and find’ trail for children and families about the Joseph Brown Collection at NGV Australia.
  Download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.
• Totally Wigged Out
  Discover hair-curling facts about people and fashion of the 18th Century, at NGV International.
  Download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.
• Secrets From the Tombs
  A fascinating trail for children and families about asian burial ware at NGV International. Includes a trail map to follow and activities for children as they move around the display. NGV International.
  Available free from the Information Desk, or you can download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.
• The Gallery Ark
  NGV Touring Exhibition:  NGV Kids Activity Book
  Available free from the exhibition space, or you can download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.

For Your Visit To The NGV

• 10 Activities for Young Children
  Armed with some simple questions, you can make your visit to the gallery more fun – and stimulate a young imagination.

Past Exhibition Trails and Activities

• Animal Pause
  Discover animals in European art, 18th - mid 20th century galleries, Level 2, NGV International.
  
• Animal Pause
  Discover animals in Australian art, Ground and Level 2 galleries, NGV Australia.
  Collect free from the Information Desk.
• The cricket and the dragon: Animals in Asian Art
  This fun and colourful exhibition presents stories and traditions from Asia and provides an insight into the rich history of the artistic interpretations of the form of the animal. Asian Art Temporary Exhibition Space, Level 1, NGV International.
  Available free from the exhibition space, or you can download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.
• Modern Britain for Modern Kids
  What’s in a painting? Look for landscape, portrait, still-life and narrative pictures. Follow some hints on how to create your own modern picture.
  Available free from the Ticketing Desk with exhibition entry or you can download in PDF format to help you to plan your visit.
• First Impressions
  Introducing children to the Australian Impressionism exhibition at NGV Australia.
  Download in PDF format or collect from the Information Desk throughout the exhibition.
• Cinema India
  A fun activity sheet for the Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood exhibition at NGV International.
  Download in PDF format or collect from the Information Desk throughout the exhibition.
• Arkley’s Art
  An activity sheet for children visiting the Howard Arkley exhibition at NGV Australia.
  Download in PDF format or collect from the Information Desk throughout the exhibition.
• Your Mission is Manga
  An activity sheet for children and families to navigate Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga at NGV International.
  Download in PDF format.
• ‘P’ is for Picasso
  Starting points for children in Picasso: Love & War 1935–1945 at NGV International.
  Available in both English and French.
  Download in PDF format or collect from the Information Desk throughout the exhibition.
• Curious Quizzical Activities
  A fun activity sheet for kids to enjoy both in and out of the exhibition Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland at NGV Australia.
  Download in PDF format or collect from the Information Desk throughout the exhibition.

For fun at home

• Activities for home
  Have fun at home with these ideas for creative activities from the NGV.

• The cricket and the dragon: animals in asian art
  Have fun at home with this interactive game featuring animals in asian art.