Sensational Sounds Family Festival, National Gallery

In celebration of the National Gallery's exhibition Soundscapes,the gallery is hosting family day during the bank holiday weekend filled with sound-related workshops, art workshops and free interactive performances. Here is everything you need to know:

Secret Sounds Printed Trails - ongoing all day activity families can do alone by picking up a family rail form from the Pigott Education Centre foyle. 

Suitable for children of all ages

Musical Magical Caret Workshop - joined by storyteller Paul Rubinstein (who is also performing at the Royal Albert Hall this Autumn) to explore the magical sounds of Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne. 

Times: 10:30 - 11:00, 11:30 - 12:00, 13:00 - 13:30, 14:00 - 14:30, at the Pigott Education Centre.

Sounds and Songs from the Stone Mason's Yards - a journey through Canalettos Venetian paintings with sounds, songs, and props so kids learn to perform and record their own operas. Children are encouraged to bring their own musical instruments if they have them, although no experience is needed to join in. 

Suitable for children aged 5–11 years.

Times:10.30–11.30, 12:00-13:00, 13:30-14:30, 15:00-16:00 in Room 38. 

Noisy Paintings - Kids breath life into paintings with sound, imagining the 'GRRRR' of wild beasts,the 'bish-BASH-bosh' of a battle scene, or the 'HAHA-HEHE-HOHO' of guests at a feast.

Suitable for children of all ages.

Times: 11:00-13:00, 14,00-16:00 in Room 9.

Journey's Through Sound - a workshop suitable for all ages with singing and noises to bring the paintings to life. 

Suitable for ages 2–5.

Times: 11:00-11:40, 12:00-12:40, 13:30-14:10, 14:30-15:10 at the Pigott Education Centre Entrance.