Art Classes

For Teachers

For Kids

For Families

Children's Orientation Video

Introductory DVD

For Kids

Gari Melchers Home and Studio is a fun place for kids and their families to visit. Be sure to ask for your "Itty Bitty Belmont" scavenger hunt when you arrive in the Visitor's Center. Successfully find everything on your sheet and you'll win a prize!

Printable Coloring Pages

Create some art of your own! Print out coloring/story pages that not only tell you about Gari Melchers, but also give you the chance to color some of the art you can see when you visit. You can also purchase the complete coloring book in our Museum Shop.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A school principal, an astronaut, a weatherman?
Ever since Gari Melchers was a small boy growing up in Detroit, Michigan, he had just one dream, to be an artist....a great painter.

"The Story of Gari Melchers Coloring Book" (PDF)

Self-Portrait ; In Holland ; The Choirmaster ; Mother and Child
The Fencer ; Mrs. Gari Melchers; Belmont; Still-Life with Watermelon
Early Spring Landscape ; Conspiracy of the Potomac ; A Native of Virginia