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Things to do with kids this weekend in Stanford (October 23–25)

Updated October 25, 2026

The weekend of October 23–25 in Stanford brings Gallery Conversations | JANE! at Cantor Arts Center - Stanford Family Room (122) (Sunday) and A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford at Green Library, Bing Wing (Sunday). Every listing comes from the organizer's own calendar, with times, venues, and official links — free ones are marked.

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Family events in Stanford this weekend: October 23–25

Sunday, October 25

9 events · 1 free

  1. The Frontier Between Legendary Monsters and Verified Natural History

    Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning - 315 · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Have you ever looked at a mysterious lake shadow and thought, "Is that a giant prehistoric plesiosaur, or just an extraordinarily dramatic…

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  2. A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford

    Green Library, Bing Wing · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Stanford University Libraries presents A Vision of Paris: the Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford, on view in the Peterson Gallery and…

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  3. Book spells

    Education (Cubberley Bldg) - 101 · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Boil, boil, toil and trouble… what bewitching book will you find at the Education Library?

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  4. Carolyn Lazard: Long Take

    Cantor Arts Center - Lynn Krywick Gibbons Gallery · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material.

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  5. In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection

    Cantor Arts Center - Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    showcases recent acquisitions made through the Cantor’s Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI), offering a glimpse into one of the…

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  6. JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford

    Cantor Arts Center - Stanford Family Rooms · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford,…

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  7. Korean Indigenous Futures: The Art of Kim Bong-Jun 김봉준 판화전: 토착적 미래- K아트, 디아스포라, 세계

    Lathrop Library - East Asia Library, 2nd Floor · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    The East Asia Library at Stanford University will host a print exhibition by Kim Bong-Jun, a leading figure in Korean Minjung (People’s)…

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  8. Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)

    Green Library, Bing Wing - Hohbach Hall · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were…

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  9. Gallery Conversations | JANE!

    Cantor Arts Center - Stanford Family Room (122) · Stanford · Ages 5–13

    Join us for casual in-gallery conversations in our special exhibition, JANE!, facilitated by our Museum Engagement Guides.

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