07.02.25 Play & Create: What Kind of Chess Piece Are You?
Play & Create: What Kind of Chess Piece Are You? Draw yourself as your favorite chess piece in a self-led coloring activity in our new Play & Create gallery! After you’ve created your masterpiece, you and your friends can read, socialize, play chess and other board games, or continue to get creative with our arts […]
Valentine’s Day Chess Crafts
Join us this Valentine’s Day for some fun arts and crafts in our Play and Create space! Bring family, friends, or loved ones to make arts and crafts you get to take home! Free and for all ages.
WCHOF: Animal Crafts with Perennial
We’re WILD about you! Join us for a hands-on workshop with Perennial, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Inspired by our Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets exhibit, the creative instructors at Perennial will take you through DIYing a loving creature to gift to someone special. From love bugs to love birds, all creatures […]
WCHOF March Family Tour
Attend a complimentary tour of the newest WCHOF exhibitions, Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights and Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets. After we explore chess, history, art and culture in the galleries, enjoy complimentary refreshments. Register Here Saturday, March 8 – 12:00 pm
WCHOF Kids Workshop: Art and Champions
Bring the little ones to the WCHOF for a hands-on art workshop, exploring creativity and discovering their inner champion! Inspired by our current exhibition, Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions exhibition, Art Educator Colleen Fitzsimmons-Wiviott will teach the class how to use a variety of kid-friendly painting and sculpture techniques to create a sizeable collaborative […]
Summer Fun & Best Mom St. Louis Book Signing with Tara L. Smith
Bring the kids for a summer fun event on our chess patio and meet Saint Louis-area author and mom-influencer Tara L. Smith! Smith will be here to autograph copies of her new book, Best Mom St. Louis, a compilation of the best activities for families to enjoy in the city. Cool off with complimentary make-your-own […]
Family Art Workshop: Playful Sculptures
Celebrate artful, sculptural objects in a hands-on art workshop for young artists with Colleen Fitzsimmons-Wiviott. Inspired by the Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights exhibition, Colleen will teach different painting and collage techniques to create a sizeable collaborative chess piece celebrating rare and ornate chess sets in the collection. Then, create your take-home chess piece sculptures with air-drying […]
