Bring the kids to the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Saturday for a free event, Words of Art: A Children’s Book Fair and Family Literacy Day. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. and includes storytelling, readings, art activities, a scavenger hunt and book signings. More than 30 children’s authors, including artist and writer Rick Cannizzaro will be on hand. Musician and storyteller Ajamu Mutima also will be performing.
Bring the kids to the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens this Saturday for a free event, Words of Art: A Children’s Book Fair and Family Literacy Day. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. and includes storytelling, readings, art activities, a scavenger hunt and book signings. More than 30 children’s authors, including artist and writer Rick Cannizzaro will be on hand. Musician and storyteller Ajamu Mutima also will be performing.
Free tickets for various venues in Northeast Florida are available by email.
Area museums participating in 
, which is Saturday September 24, include the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Lightner Museum and the Museum of Science and History, among others.
For free tickets to the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day event, apply online.
Only a few days left to celebrate culture with the national Blue Star Museums Initiative. Active duty military families get free admission to hundreds of museums across the U.S. In Northeast Florida, that includes the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville. The promotion is good through Labor Day, September 5.
Only a couple of weeks left to celebrate culture with the national Blue Star Museums Initiative. Active duty military families get free admission to hundreds of museums across the U.S. In Northeast Florida, that includes the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville. The promotion is good through Labor Day, September 5.
