Kid-Friendly Events in NYC & Beyond NYC Various locations,
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Art Walk at Brookfield Place Brookfield Place 220 Vesey Street,
Look for works ranging from oil on canvas to handmade ceramics throughout the 40-foot palms and glass atrium in this shopping and office complex.In addition to a permanent collection on…
DVF x Ashley Longshore Gallery Diane von Furstenberg Store 874 Washington Street,
See Ashley Longshore’s paintings of inspirational women including Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Jackie Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Cleopatra, Oprah, Gloria Steinem, Nina Simone, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks and Jane Goodall in a…
The New York Public Library’s Treasures New York Public Library 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street,
See some of the most extraordinary items from the 56 million in the New York Public Library's collections of the last 125+ years. Encounter manuscripts, artworks, letters, still and moving…
Connected Worlds New York Hall of Science Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Queens
Explore a fantastical animated world where your actions – gestures, movements, and decisions – impact how well the world is kept in balance. Six magical, computer generated habitats: jungle, desert,…
🎟 Free with museum admission
Seaglass Carousel Battery Park & Playscape State Street & Battery Place,
Spin under the sea in an aquatic carousel in historic Battery Park. Sit within iridescent fiberglass fish that glide through a (covered) spiraling nautilus of glass and steel. LED color-changing…
🎟 $6
Mohonk Mountain House Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz
Explore an iconic Victorian castle resort surrounded by 40,000 acres of pristine forest.* Tons of family-friendly seasonal activities to try including kayaking, archery, hiking, fly-fishing, lawn games and more.* Head…
🎟 $25.00
Hudson Kayak Tarrytown Lakes 209 Neperan Rd, Tarrytown
Try guided kayak tours, lessons and rentals throughout Westchester County. Single and double kayaks as well as stand up paddle boarding available to ride the Hudson River and Tarrytown Lake.The…
🎟 $35.00
MoMA Sculpture Garden Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 4 W 53rd Street,
Explore a small, lovely Sculpture Garden with a range of interesting statues including an oversized surreal Miro, an all-weather snowman, a monumental geometric sculpture by Picasso, a colorful Calder structure…
LeFrak Center Boating & Biking Lakeside Prospect Park 171 East Drive, Brookyln
Ride single or double kayak and pedal boat to explore 55 acres of waterfront in Prospect Park ($16-$36/hour). Lightweight, synthetic clothing & water bottles suggested. Choose from an array of…
🎟 $16-$36/hour
Marine Education Center ​at Harbor Island Park Harbor Island Park Mamaroneck Ave South & Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck
Learn about Long Island Sound ecosystem with hands on fun in the harbor and aquarium. Explore marine ecology, animal adaptions, water cycles, climate change, history of the Long Island Sound,…
LAIKA: Life in Stop Motion Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria
Experiment with characters and environments from Coraline, ParaNorman, Missing Link and other popular LAIKA films and create short films to share and post online. Also see puppets, sets, and video clips…
🎟 Free with museum admission
Brooklyn Bidge Park Kayaking Brooklyn Bridge Park 99 Plymouth St, Brooklyn
Glide along the East River on kayaks from the volunteer-run Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse (Pier 4 Beach). All levels welcome. Advanced registration required. Kids under 14 must ride in a…
Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 4 W 53rd Street,
Explore notable examples of interaction design, the points of contact between objects—whether machines, apps, or entire infrastructures—and people. Watch video games such as Tetris and Pac-Man, to immersive explorations of the natural…
Ancestor Doris C. Freedman Plaza Fifth Avenue at 59th Street,
Artist Bharti Kher connects New Delhi and New York City with this nearly eighteen-foot-tall bronze universal mother figure, an enlargement of a miniature assembled by recomposing broken clay figurines. This…
Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
Explore NYC's raucous restaurant scene; its ubiquitous street food; the current activist efforts to source food locally; the world's largest food market in Hunts Point; and the artists, thinkers, and…
🎟 $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
Museum of Illusions Museum of Illusions 77 Eighth Avenue at W 14th Street,
Walk on walls, put your head on a platter and play with size and perspective in over a dozen interactive illusions. A small museum that can be explored in less…
🎟 $22, $20/students, seniors & essential workers, $18/ages 2–13
Boundless: 10 Years of Seeding Black Comic Futures Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevarrd,
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Black Comic Book Festival with photographs, memorabilia, creator highlights, comic book reading stations, and clips from past…
Disney Encanto x CAMP
Explore La Familia Madrigal's real-life Casita, complete with secret passages, interactive magic, live music, and surprises behind every magic door in the world’s first immersive Disney Encanto experience. A CAMP…
🎟 $30-$48
Seaport Discovery: Exploring our Waters with Eric Carle – Last Week South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,
Visit a discovery room of maritime-themed art by the late Eric Carle, beloved creator of picture books for young children, at The South Street Seaport Museum. Huge immersive murals bring…
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