For Families

What does a cake have in common with an Italian Renaissance painting? The answer may surprise you! Watch to learn about the special properties of egg yolk that make it just as perfect for painting as it is for baking.

Did you know that you can make paint in your very own home? In this experiment, make a glorious painting using only ingredients from your kitchen cabinet and refrigerator.

Instead of mixing paint colors on a palette, what happens if we let our eyes do the mixing? Learn about Pointillism and how the artist Georges Seurat used the science of optics to create a whole new way of painting!

Trick your friends with this optical illusion! Create an entire rainbow using only the primary colors — red, yellow, and blue dots.

Take a journey in The Met’s time machine and learn how some objects can last for hundreds of thousands of years!

Have you ever noticed that some old pennies look almost…green? In this experiment, use vinegar and salt to get to the bottom of how and why pennies turn green.

Sound is invisible, yet it’s all around us! What’s going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?

Make an instrument and a special tool to visualize sound.

Find out how touching artworks can be dangerous and meet the scientists that take care of the art—our conservators.