Help us to celebrate Where the Wild Things Are and the release of the film adaptation with talks, tours and activities for audiences of all ages.

Wild Things Days Events:

Wild Thing Family Day
Saturday, October 17, 12:00-4:00 pm

Spend an afternoon with your family taking part in a variety of “Wild” drop-in activities geared towards kids of all ages. Create Wild Things-Inspired crafts, take a spin through our Sendak gallery with a family gallery guide or just settle down with a snack and a copy of your favorite Sendak book!

Maurice, Max, and the Wild Things
Gallery Talk
Thursday, October 8, 6:00-7:30 pm

Join Patrick Rodgers, curator of the Sendak Stew exhibition and follow in the huge footsteps of Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things during this gallery talk about their origins, their impact, and their ravenous appetite! Explore original artwork and manuscripts from Where the Wild Things Are and listen to interviews with Sendak describing his relationship to these famous beasts.

Wilds Things
Hands-On Tour
September 23, October 14, 18, & 23, 3:00 pm

Get a new perspective on an old favorite with this rumpus through Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. On this tour, you’ll re-discover Sendak’s world famous creations, the Wild Things, and his mischievous hero, Max, by safely handling original artifacts related to this Caldecott Award-winning children’s book. Examine handwritten manuscripts of the story from Sendak’s old notebooks, pass around original drawings of the beastly Wild Things, listen to the Wild Things sing in an opera from 1979, and follow the life of the Wild Things outside of the book.