Outgoing Ovals
Join us for a celebration of shapes at Storytime! This week, bring your family to the museum for stories, art exploration, and art making related to ovals. Cookies and lemonade will be provided. No reservations are required.
During each Storytime, participating children will be registered to win that week’s featured books. A drawing will be held at the end of each program; those chosen do not need to be present to win.
This program is best for families with children ages eight and under and their adult companions. If you work for a summer school or daycare, we offer a customized experience for your students on a different day. Please call 817.989.5036 or email schooltours@cartermuseum.org for more information.
Storytime is held every Wednesday, June 12 through July 31, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Due to increased parking fees at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Amon Carter will no longer be able to validate parking during the museum’s public programs. Parking information may be found here.
Storytime is supported by 
Additional support provided by the McCallum Family Foundation in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson.
In America: A Novel
Prior to the program read Susan Sontag’s In America: A Novel (2000). Readers and museum educators gather in the galleries and discuss the connections between the book and the exhibition We the People: Picturing American Identity. Refreshments will be provided after the discussion.
The first twenty registrants receive a free copy of the book. Because seating is limited, registration is required. Registration for this program opens June 1. Call 817.989.5030 or email visitors@cartermuseum.org to register and get information on receiving your book.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Radical Rectangles
Join us for a celebration of shapes at Storytime! This week, bring your family to the museum for stories, art exploration, and art making related to rectangles. Cookies and lemonade will be provided. No reservations are required.
During each Storytime, participating children will be registered to win that week’s featured books. A drawing will be held at the end of each program; those chosen do not need to be present to win.
This program is best for families with children ages eight and under and their adult companions. If you work for a summer school or daycare, we offer a customized experience for your students on a different day. Please call 817.989.5036 or email schooltours@cartermuseum.org for more information.
Storytime is held every Wednesday, June 12 through July 31, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Due to increased parking fees at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Amon Carter will no longer be able to validate parking during the museum’s public programs. Parking information may be found here.
Storytime is supported by
Additional support provided by the McCallum Family Foundation in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson.
Sunset Cinema: The Great Muppet Caper
Lawn opens at 6 p.m. Tours from 6:30–7:45p.m. Film starts at 8 p.m.
Pack a picnic, grab some friends, and watch Jim Henson’s family classic The Great Muppet Caper (1981; G) on the museum’s lawn. Come early and enjoy a tour of the museum before the film. No reservations are required.
Lawn chairs, blankets, and coolers are welcome (lawn only). No alcohol, glass bottles, or pets, please.
New Parents Tour
Explore a new aspect of the museum each month during an adult tour for parents, grandparents, and other caregivers with little ones in tow. The tour begins at the Information Desk. Call 817.989.5030 or email visitors@cartermuseum.org to receive helpful instructions and parking information. No reservations are required. This program is best for adults accompanied by children two years old or younger.
Free parking is available in the museum’s lot, which is east of the museum off Camp Bowie Boulevard. Participants are encouraged to park in this lot and follow the sidewalk along the north side of the museum, where an accessible lift is available for your stroller. A museum representative will be there to assist you.
Peppy Polygons
Join us for a celebration of shapes at Storytime! This week, bring your family to the museum for stories, art exploration, and art making related to polygons. Cookies and lemonade will be provided. No reservations are required.
During each Storytime, participating children will be registered to win that week’s featured books. A drawing will be held at the end of each program; those chosen do not need to be present to win.
This program is best for families with children ages eight and under and their adult companions. If you work for a summer school or daycare, we offer a customized experience for your students on a different day. Please call 817.989.5036 or email schooltours@cartermuseum.org for more information.
Storytime is held every Wednesday, June 12 through July 31, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Due to increased parking fees at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Amon Carter will no longer be able to validate parking during the museum’s public programs. Parking information may be found here.
Storytime is supported by
Additional support provided by the McCallum Family Foundation in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson.
Art in the Dark
Don’t be afraid of the dark! Celebrate the end of summer and experience the Amon Carter at night with art making, films, food, tours, and more. No reservations are required.
Sharing the Past Through Art
Designed for adults with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, program participants discuss artists, exhibitions, and themes and use artworks to connect to past experiences. Call 817.989.5030 or email visitors@cartermuseum.org to receive helpful instructions and parking information. No reservations are required.
There is a designated barrier-free entrance near accessible parking for vehicles displaying the appropriate disability permits on Lancaster Avenue (the museum’s south side). If these spaces are full, you may drop participants off at the museum’s Lancaster entrance and park personal vehicles and minibuses for free in the museum’s lot located off of Camp Bowie Boulevard on the museum’s east side.
Romare Bearden's Improvised Art
Dr. Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University and curator of Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
Listen to exhibition curator and Romare Bearden scholar Dr. Robert O’Meally share insights into the artist’s life and work with emphasis on the Black Odyssey series. This series expanded Bearden’s earlier explorations of historical narratives by presenting his own reinterpretation of the subject.
Because seating is limited, reservations are required. Registration for this program opens July 1. Call 817.989.5030 or email visitors@cartermuseum.org to register.
This program on American art, culture, and society is made possible by a generous gift from the late Anne Burnett Tandy.
Crafting from the Collection
Gain new ideas and skills for crafting projects with this tour and hands-on demonstration. After the tour, participate in a crafting project followed by conversation and refreshments with fellow crafters. No reservations are required.