Visit Boston and The Museum of Fine Arts with You Can't Take a Balloon Into The Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Preiss Glasser. As a family visits the museum, their balloon escapes and causes mayhem through Boston. This is a large book at 11" x 11", which allows lots of space for illustrating the adventures of a green balloon that travels outdoors while its owners admire art indoors. This is a wordless picture book, so there's plenty of opportunity for conversation on every page. The back of the book has a list of works of art we see in this story, reproduced from the collections of the MFA. The action-packed collection of illustrations is a fun way to lead young minds to the beauty of famous paintings.
Art Smarts has A Day at the Art Museum. Mrshamisartroom has an Art Museum Scavenger Hunt.
