Hands-On Fun at SAMFA’s Free Family Day

SAN ANGELO, TX - The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts will host a Free Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Education Studio located in the breezeway at 1 Love Street, San Angelo, Texas.

STEAM at SAMFA: A Family Day Adventure presents Zoology September, featuring educational art and science experiences for all ages.

Bring your family and friends for activities include examining blood flow in a minnow’s tail under a microscope, building models of mammal skeletons from craft sticks, examining livestock skulls and bones, making bison and other ungulate tracks, and a Passport to Hats of the World activity that ties into SAMFA’s current exhibition, The Global Language of Headwear: Cultural Identity, Rites of Passage, and Spirituality.

Families can also plant seeds in biodegradable pots and enjoy a bouncy house in the breezeway. Activities may be substituted, and bonus activities may occur.

A free children’s book giveaway will be presented outside of the Scripps-Howard Library & Bob and Doris Johnston Foundation Reading Room on the 2nd Floor, with books generously provided by the San Angelo Adult Literacy Council and anonymous donors.

Stop by Studio Rio, located at 423 S. Oakes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., for a chance to interact with live animals brought to you by Mad Mouse Zoodio.

Free Family Day includes free admission to the galleries. Light refreshments will be available while supplies last.

The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Free Family Day is generously sponsored by the Art and Eva Tucker Foundation, City National Bank, H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust, Sterling Turner Foundation, and Jahanara and Dr. Fazlur Rahman in honor of Deepa A. Iyengar, MD.

For more information about SAMFA, go to www.samfa.org.