This family-friendly, virtual theater experience turns your home into a rocket ship to launch kids into their dreams. Unique, kid-driven comedy and music from the Story Pirates create a new kind of bedtime ritual. Tony Award Nominee Lilli Cooper guides adventurers through three different enchanting virtual experiences, adapted from stories written by real kids and…

Learn about history in real-time with New-York Historical Society educators on Zoom. Lessons are content-based and inquiry-driven, featuring images and historical documents from the museum's collections using shared PowerPoint presentations. Grade levels vary by day with grades K-12. Themes include The People of New York, Exploring Black History and History of American Protest. Great lesson…

Discover artwork from MoMA's collection, then experiment with art making. Watch the 20-minute premiere on MoMA’s Facebook page at 10 am or any time after that suits you. For kids ages four to six; adult participation is recommended.

Join New York Transit Museum educators for transit-themed songs, stories and activities for the youngest transportation fans. Videos of past sessions available.

Join New-York Historical Society Storytime via Zoom every Tuesday and Friday for story time and crafts. Each class includes a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, silly stretches and exercises, a story book reading, and a craft to do at home. Designed for ages ages 3-6.

Inspired by Brooklyn Museum's exhibitions and collections, create multi-layered, complex works of art, while discovering artists, working with different mediums and trying out new techniques, and more. Each class includes a virtual visit to the galleries and art-making at home with live guidance from instructors. Spring courses include Drawing, sculpture and animation inspired by current…

Learn more about a fascinating part of New York City and hone your building detective skills on this virtual tour of the South Street Seaport area. Use Google Earth to explore this historic area and find key architectural details that provide clues to the city’s maritime past. Learn more about architecture and design from the…

Join unique art class that incorporate mindfulness and movement. Working artists connect with children through mindful teaching, correct use of technology and ingenuity to foster self-expression, community and fun. Discounts for signing up monthly or by semester. In-person group and private classes also available.

Hudson River Museum's shares virtual planetarium shows just for kids via Facebook Live with weekly themes like constellations and the moon. Q & A after the show.

Kids, teens, and families are invited to join Whitney Educators for free weekly online art classes. Experiment, create, and learn together with at-home art materials.  Each week features a new theme and project connected to a work of art in the Whitney's collection or current exhibitions. Book an in-person museum visit for more…

Enjoy Met's popular storytime from home. Join museum educators every Thursday to look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture books. Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years. Virtually explore the galleries after at the MetKids website (or reserve a timed ticket to visit in person).

Emit Theatre presents an interactive digital retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest featuring the magician Prospero, an enchanted storm, the fairy helper Ariel and half-human, half-fish Caliban. Enjoy this classic story retold with a contemporary audience in mind right from the comfort of your own home. Kids will be able to play along and help characters throughout the…

North America’s largest film festival for children and teens ages 3-18, goes online this year.Watch films from around the world for young audiences from home including short film programs, feature films and special talks. See animation, live action features and a Closing Spotlight screening of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon with a live conversation…

Study portraiture, collage or abstraction in weekly zoom classes with up to 10 participants with a live instructor. All the materials provided and shipped to you to create works during the class. and homework between sessions. Sign up for 4-5 classes in a weekly series for a discount or drop in each class. Learn-and-Create Studio…

Explore a variety of photographs that reveal the alter egos of their makers from American Folk Art Museum exhibition Photo Brut, then create photographic responses.

Fable & Lark's magical arts tour of the Metropolitan Museum goes virtual. Look at places and spaces that might remind you of those you of those in a wizard’s school or village, plus make connections between art and wizardly activities. Discussion and activities – mischief guaranteed. You can also choose your own dates and times…

Join  Treasure Trunk Theatre and Artists & Crafts for a s for a monthly combo class on Zoom. Each class focuses on a new theme and famous artist that sparks a journey, songs, and art project for the day. Warm up bodies, voices, and imaginations to go on a magical, musical adventure to find Miss Jackie…

Join New York City Ballet artists via Zoom for a series of lively Saturday morning movement activities. Each 30-minute workshop taught by a NYCB dancer includes a warm-up and choreography inspired by a beloved ballet from the repertory. Stretch, twirl, leap and explore basic ballet concepts. No prior dance training needed. Designed for ages 3…

Join author and illustrators to celebrate their new books as they share their creations and answer questions from the audience during a live feed. Features picture books, chapter books and YA novels. Pick up the books in person at one of this beloved book store's locations (42 West 17th St & 217 West 84th St)…

Guggenheim teaching artist Jeff Hopkins shares stories about the museum’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building while sketching stories followed by a prompt to create drawings of your own at home. Children are encouraged to share their sketches on Instagram and Twitter @Guggenheim using the hashtag #sketchwithJeff.

Join knowledgeable staff members of the beloved children's bookstore for overviews of new releases and divse into a specific area of the kid lit world.

Play in your living room with fun activities led by inspiring Rebel Girls. Author, activist and Rebel Girl Marley Dias leads a hour-long virtual event, jam-packed with activities. Hear Melinda Gates delivers a special message to excite and inspire Rebel Girls to dream big. Celebrate the power of your name through an interactive art exercise…

Engage in conversations about art with Noguchi Museum educators, and then create artwork using materials found in the home. An opportunity to get together with families and friends from different households anywhere in the world for virtual play dates. Adults are encouraged to make art and join in the conversations, but their participation is optional.

South Street Seaport Museum’s monthly Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music continues – virtually. Join a round-robin of shared sea songs, featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead or request a song, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear. Hosted by singers from the New York Packet.

Join author Chana Stiefel, for a reading of her recently released book, Let Liberty Rise: How Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty. Discover Lady Liberty’s history and how schoolchildren helped to raise the funds to assemble the statue! Virtual, Zoom. All ages welcome.

Learn more about architecture and design from the comfort of your own home with our free, live, and online Architecture at Home workshops led by Center for Architecture educators. Each 45-minute session explores an architectural topic through virtual tours, interactive lessons, and discussions, and gets kids started on a design project they can complete on…

Participate or simply listen during monthly jam sessions. Hear tunes in celebration of Women’s History Month, tunes about luck, or by Irish composers. Musicians from Queens and around the world join online, led by Carol Sudhalter and Flushing Town Hall house band.

Take virtual trip to meet artists around the world, Learn about their process and technique then interact during a Q&A session.

Eplore forms of transportation and New York City’s subway system with the Skyscraper Museum. After a read-aloud of Christoph Niemann’s picture book Subway in English and Spanish, create subway signs and posters inspired by NYC’s transit art.

Family-oriented virtual tours explore works from the Guggenheim's collection with conversation and creative hands-on activities utilizing materials you can find at home. Includes art looking and hands-on art exploration. Tours are organized around a single theme and highlight artworks on view from the permanent collection and special exhibitions (plus some discussion of the museum's amazing…

Explore works of art in Brooklyn Museum collection through interactive games and activities, designed for kids ages 4–8 and their caregivers. Each session features a different activity inspired by kids' homes and the things in them that make us feel cared for and secure—whether creating our own mini habitats or going on home scavenger hunts.…

Learn more about architecture and design from the comfort of your own home with our free, live, and online Architecture at Home workshops led by Center for Architecture educators. Each 45-minute session explores an architectural topic through virtual tours, interactive lessons, and discussions, and gets kids started on a design project they can complete on…

Kids cook with celebrity, award-winning chefs from home in virtual drop-in classes. All menus include affordable, easy-to-find ingredients and offer vegetarian and gluten-free substitutes. Tuition sponsors the Chef Career Training program for underserved youth. First class only $5 with code FirstClass5. Financial aid available.

Join author and illustrator Dav Pilkey and a team of educators for a free event guaranteed to bring out young readers 'imagination. Create comics inspired by Cat Kid’s Comic Club, Dog Man and Captain Underpants.

Join Broadway Babysitters and Katie Lynch from Backstage Bite for a virtual event filled with song, fun, food and joy in the kitchen. Featuring Broadway tunes, sing-a-longs, dance parties, creative crafting and cooking.

Andrea Beaty’s Rosie Revere, Engineer proves that sometimes the greatest engineers make mistakes. After a reading of Beaty’s book, through a series of trial-and-error, kids will create their own inventions. Presented by the Skyscraper Museum.