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For Families
At the Festival of the Horse two young visitors take home a handmade souvenirs.
Art workshops, camps, stories, parties and more await families at the Autry National Center. Make sure to take part in all of the interactive opportunities we offer, from panning for gold to digging for clues to the past, there is fun around every corner.
Tours
NEW! Autry Audio Tours 
Museum of the American West
Southwest Museum of the American Indian
Free to Autry National Center Members
$3 for non-members
The Autry National Center is offering adults and children a whole new way to explore our galleries with audio tours. Visitors can choose the artifacts or works of art you want to learn more about and hear brief presentations, with quotes, music and sound effects to inspire a closer look. Families will find specially created scripts to help them talk about what they see, think about key moments in time and learn about the history of the American West.
Photo: Tony Bailey.
Have a portable MP3 player? Download the Autry audio tours here as podcasts:
Let’s Make History
Museum of the American West
Second Saturday and Third Sunday of each month from 1-2:30 pm
Free with regular museum admission
Southwest Museum of the American Indian
Second Sunday of every month, 1-2:00 pm
Free with regular museum admission
Families with children ages 5 to 12 will journey through the museum’s galleries with educators and create exciting take-home projects. Look for the Let’s Make History icon on our calendar to view upcoming events.
Storyteller, Cindy Abrams, at the Autry National Center.
StoryTime
Southwest Museum of the American Indian
First Sunday of the month at 1:30 pm
Free with regular museum admission
StoryTime is a 30-45 minute program that includes the reading of two stories by a museum volunteer or museum teacher. Look for the StoryTime Icon on our calendar to view upcoming readings.
Family Discovery Gallery
Museum of the American West
In this special gallery, families step back in time to discover what life was like for the See family, a Chinese American family in the 1930s. Explore family’s antique store, restaurant, and home, and draw comparisons and contrasts your own family. Also, learn about the importance of researching family histories. Click here  to view a short video clip.
Family Playhouse
Museum of the American West
Last Sunday of the month at 1-2:30 pm
Free with regular museum admission
Families with children ages 5 to 12 will explore the Family Discovery Gallery with museum educators and create an exciting take home craft activity.
Gold Rush
Museum of the American West
Saturdays and Sundays between 11 am and 1 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Become a 49er-a gold miner, that is. Tens of thousands of people came to California hoping to find gold. Some struck it rich; but many had their hopes crushed. Now it’s your turn to pan for gold, just like the miners did. What will you find? Click here  to view a short video clip.
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