Activities for children - Frans Hals Museum

Discover the Frans Hals Museum

What is there for you to see and do?

Pick up a scavenger hunt at reception before you start the exhibition Haarlem Heroes. Other Masters. The booklet contains a fun search for details assignment, plus a colouring-in pic which you need to complete. Plus, you can get started yourself in Studio F by drawing a colourful (self-)portrait.

Peek inside the 18th-century doll’ s house which has a thousand small objects. The doll’s house now has new improved lighting so you can get an even better peek inside. Or join the painting workshop or the children’s tour during the school holidays. (the tour and workshop are in Dutch)

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Fun activities during the school holidays

During the May holidays you can join the children’s tour (Dutch) or the painting workshop in the Frans Hals Museum.

Discover stories during the children’s tour and participate in fun assignments that make you look at the paintings and each other differently. Take a look at the museum upside down. Or learn to paint with the ‘loose touch’ of the famous painters Jacob Jordaens and Fans Hals at the painting workshop.

Kids tour Painting Workshop

Draw a colourful portrait in Studio F

Mini drawing workshop with Jesse Strikwerda.

Get started yourself and draw a colourful portrait of yourself or someone else in Studio F. In the video, artist Jesse Strikwerda gives you tips & tricks on how to draw a colourful portrait yourself.

Watch the video for the assignment

Colouring-in page to complete at home

Using your imagination, finish off the drawing of the civic guards of Frans Hals to the best of your ability, yourself.

Look and compare your colours with those of Frans Hals at ‘Alle Schutterstukken’. (All the Civic Guards)

Download the colouring-in page

Also, nice to do at home

Photograph yourself in a different way. Artist Angela Tellier tells you in a video how to make a self-portrait without putting the emphasis on your face, watch the entire video here. Via Facebook or Instagram, you can show us how you photographed yourself differently! #franshalsmuseum or @franshalsmuseum

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Discover the Frans Hals Museum

Game 3 of 3

Meet your artist Meet your artist Meet your artist

Find your artistic match!

It's a match! It's a match! It's a match!

You and have liked each other.

No matches! No matches! No matches!

I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly

Game 1 of 3

Art roulette Art roulette Art roulette

Spin to win

Game 2 of 3

GIF me Frans GIF me Frans GIF me Frans

And gif him now!