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Baby and Me
Bring your little ones for a fun-filled morning designed just for babies! Enjoy art, movement, and art-making activities for babies and their caregivers.
Each Baby and Me event features different drop-in ten-minute micro tours designed with your baby in mind, including hands-on materials for art exploration in the gallery. Tours begin in Sculpture Hall and are facilitated by a volunteer educator.
Relax and play between activities in the Pop-Up Family Lounge, a space curated for babies to play and explore.
Accessible entrances for families with strollers are located in the East Building and the garage.
Baby and Me schedule
10 am–3 pm, Education Center
Climb, play, and explore in a sensory-friendly Pop-Up Family Lounge and ball pit, brought to you by Kidz Play STL.
10 am–1 pm, Sculpture Hall
Drop-in for 10-minute micro tours designed with your baby in mind, including hands-on materials for art exploration in the gallery. Tours begin in Sculpture Hall.
10:30 am–11 am, Grigg Gallery 216
Join librarian Laura Polak of the St. Louis County Library for a special story time designed for our youngest visitors and their caregivers.
2–3 pm, Grigg Gallery 216
Join SonJoria Sydnor of Our Family’s Doing Yoga for a Mindful Moments program, a 60-minute interactive wellness experiences for babies and their caregivers.
Know Before You Go
- Breastfeeding is welcome throughout the Museum. For more privacy, a Mothers Room is located near the Education Center.
- Please keep food and drinks stored while in the galleries. Snacks and drinks can be enjoyed outside, at the Cafe, or in the Education Center.
- Check in with a Museum Assistant at any door to get a Baby and Me water tag for your baby bottle or water bottle to signal to staff that it’s allowed in the galleries.
- Diaper bags are allowed, even if they are larger than 11 × 17 inches.
- Strollers and front-worn carriers are welcome.
- Wagons and pull-behind carriers are not allowed in the Museum but can be placed at a coat check. For easier access, use the East Building entrance or garage.
- There are pop-up play spaces in Sculpture Hall and the Blanke Terrace as well as the family lounge in the Education Center.
- Please note that there are cases, ropes, lines, and barriers on the floor to protect the art.
About Our Family Doing Yoga
The mission of Our Family’s Doing Yoga is to increase representation for Black kids and families in yoga, mindfulness, and wellness. OFDY was created through the personal need of their founder SonJoria Sydnor and her family. Due to the lack of resources, experiences, and representation for Black kids in aspects of yoga and wellness, Sydnor sought to increase visibility for Black children and families like hers. They feel that it is important not only for Black kids to see themselves represented in wellness but for all kids to know that Black kids do yoga.
About Kidz Play STL
Jamean Flowers is the founder of Kidz Play STL, and the proud mom of a bright, beautiful little girl named Jayla. When Jayla was diagnosed with autism, their world shifted in the most unexpected and powerful way. Flowers began to see how much joy, connection, and growth could happen through play—especially when it’s inclusive, sensory-friendly, and made with love. That’s how Kidz Play was born: out of a deep desire to create fun, engaging, and meaningful experiences, not just for her daughter but for all kids. Kidz Play STL does what they do because every child deserves to feel celebrated, seen, and supported while having the time of their lives.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
