The Barry Art Museum will be temporarily closed for expansion construction beginning August 1, 2025. Follow BAM in the Wild, our popup art cart and traveling exhibitions, to attend FREE events until we reopen in 2027.
To celebrate the 4th of July weekend, we are encouraging guests to go out to our beautiful sea and take a selfie! Join us every weekend throughout the summer for a series of fun nautical challenges! From knot tying to navigation, building a lighthouse from legos to writing stories set within our maritime paintings, there […]
This weekend kids embark on the journey with nothing but a map that will lead them to the treasure Barry Art Museum holds! Join us every weekend throughout the summer for a series of fun nautical challenges! From knot tying to navigation, building a lighthouse from legos to writing stories set within our maritime paintings, […]
Every second Friday of the month we will show a family-friendly movie with a Maritime theme. The movie will begin at 8 PM. Muppet Treasure Island - July 12th at 8 PM at Barry Art Museum - 1075 West 43rd Street Norfolk, VA 23508 BYOB: Blanket, Beverage, Buddy! 1) The event is free and open […]
This weekend's challenge is for kids to design and build their own lighthouses using only LEGO bricks! Come join us every weekend throughout the summer for a series of fun nautical challenges! From knot tying to navigation, building a lighthouse from legos to writing stories set within our maritime paintings, there are activities for all […]
Guests will be invited to craft paper models of some of the most influential and striking ships in maritime history. After they complete these models, their ship will be able to set sail on the water. Join us every weekend throughout the summer for a series of fun nautical challenges! From knot tying to navigation, […]
The Barry Art Museum administration offices have been collecting recyclable paper for months! Join us for a weekend of papermaking on the back patio. Learn to make paper pulp and pull sheets of homemade paper using a mould and deckle. Join us the following week to turn this paper into paper sailboat models! Join us […]