Conservatory Gardens
Conservatory Garden Fifth Avenue between 104th & 105th Streets Upper East Side, New York, New YorkEnter the magnificent 1894 Vanderbilt Gate to Central Park’s only formal garden, a six-acre oasis within an oasis with European charm. Climb onto the wisteria pergola in the Italianate Center Garden overlooking a yew hedges-bordered large lawn and 12-foot jet fountain. To the north, the French-style garden offers spectacular seasonal displays of tulips and Korean…
Serendipity 3
Serendipity 3 225 E 60th St, New York, NYGet the famous Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, a creamy secret blend of 14 exotic cocoas, and other decadent, over-sized desserts at this legendary restaurant and store with whimsical antique-store-meets-ice-cream-parlor decor. Heraty burgers, foot long hot dogs, mac ‘n’ cheese variations, salads and sandwiches are also available. A favorite of actors, artists and tourists for the last…
Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street, New York, NYExplore the greatest city in the world at this small museum with a big collection of theater artifacts, furniture, toys, paintings, sculpture and photos arranged into exhibits that entertain and educate all ages. HIGHLIGHTS: ✨ Dangling light installation above the spiral staircase 🌆 Multimedia New York at Its Core 🪧 Inspiring Activist New York…
Bel Ami
Bel Ami 30 East 68th Street at Madison, New York, NYThis small, authentic French café and patisserie tucked away off Madison Avenue serves delicious, not-too-bitter hot chocolate, plus delicious pastries, sandwiches, macarons, hot chocolate and more. Limited seating among cute decor in a pretty historic district
Billy Johnson Playground
Billy Johnson Playground, Central Park East 67th Street & Fifth Avenue Upper East SIde, New York, NYThis rustic playground hosts an amazing 45-foot granite slide nestled into a rocky hill, bucket and tire swings, and an amphitheater and miniature stone bridge made of natural materials like plants, stone, and wood at a child’s scale.
Hex & Co Board Game Cafe UES
Hex & Co UES 1462 First Avenue at East 76th Street, New York, NYThis new outpost of the Morningside Heights mainstay Play over 1000+ games, including a big kids section. Discover Star Trek Risk, Golden Girls Clue and so much more. Make new friends, watch Dungeon & Dragon tournaments and shop for new family favorites. This location has a full kitchen (and bar) with frilled gourmet pizzas, chicken…
Central Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo Fifth Avenue at 60th Street Upper East Side, New York, New YorkVisit sea lions, snow monkeys, red pandas, turtles, bears and other animals at the cozy Central Park Zoo. * Watch crowds of penguins and puffins swim and waddle in the indoor Polar circle. * Warm up with colorful birds and playful monkeys in an indoor rain forest. * Look for snow leopards, cute red pandas,…
Roosevelt Island Tramway
The Roosevelt Island Tramway E 60 St & 2 Ave, New York, NYCross the East River in the most modern aerial tramway in the world, running every 7-15 minutes from 60th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan to Tramway Plaza on Roosevelt Island. Passengers must exit the tram at each stop (either Manhattan bound or Roosevelt Island bound) and pay again to return to the other side.…
The Met
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYExplore a vast collection that spans millennia and continents. You might get lost searching for iconic favorites in the grand halls, and you’ll definitely discover fascinating art that appeals to all ages. HIGHLIGHTS: 🏺 Gorgeous Greek and Roman Galleries 🎨 Must-see Van Goghs, Monets and Degas ballerinas in 19th- And Early 20th-Century European Paintings And…
Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYDid you know Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful? Learn the colorful backstory of polychromy ("many colors" in Greek) in an exhibit highlighting cutting-edge scientific methods used to identify ancient color and examining how color helped convey meaning in antiquity. Presented alongside original Greek and Roman works representing similar subjects are reconstructions…
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, New York, NYExplore innovative design through the centuries, play designer on high resolution touchscreen tables with very cool electronic 'pens,' in a stunning 19th-century mansion turned into a high-tech, interactive dream for all ages. HIGLIGHTS: 🎨 Create and go inside digital wallpaper in the Immersion Room 🌀 Rock around in the Spun chairs in the basement CURRENT EXHIBITS:…
Guggenheim
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYSee exciting, well-designed exhibits in the striking Frank Lloyd Wright–designed landmark modern museum with an iconic spiral. HIGHLIGHTS: 🖼 Impressionist & Modern masterpieces by Degas, Gauguin, Picasso, Kadinsky & more. CURRENT EXHIBITS: ꩜ New Yorker cut-outs in Alex Katz: Gathering 🧵 Elaborate installations and textile works in Nick Cave: Forothermore ⭐️ Pick up…
The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NYExplore the global Jewish experience through works of fine art, Judaica, antiquities, folk art, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media intelligently organized in gorgeous galleries. HIGHLIGHTS: ✡️ Centuries spanning, thematically grouped Scenes From the Collection CURRENT EXHIBITS: 🏙 Pop-art & groovy fashion in New York: 1962-1964(closes Jan 8) ⭐️ Pick up Kids Gallery…
Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street, New York, NYExplore 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 designers who are imagining new sustainable ways to relate to food. Anchored around issues of sustainability, labor justice, and equitable access to food, the show…
Immersion Room
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, New York, NYGo inside your design in the kid-favorite Immersion Room (formerly Margaret Carnegie’s bedroom). Create digital wallpaper – or chose from an amazing assortment in the museum’s collection covering hundreds of years and a range of styles – and project them onto the wall from floor to ceiling—for a vibrant, impactful, immersive experience. Experiment with scaling,…
Alex Katz: Gathering
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYStaged in the city where 95-year-old artist Alex Katz has lived and worked his entire life, and prepared with the close collaboration of the artist, this retrospective fills the museum’s stunning Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda. Encounter works fusing the energy of Abstract Expressionist canvases with the American vernaculars of the magazine, billboard, and movie screen.…
Nick Cave: Forothermore
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYExplore the career of Nick Cave, internationally celebrated for his elaborate installations and textile works, including his iconic Soundsuits, which blend sculpture, costume design, and instrument-making. See sculpture, installation, video, and rarely seen early works. The title is a neologism, a new word that reflects the artist’s lifelong commitment to creating space for those who…
Reynier Leyva Novo: Methuselah & DOMESTICANX
El Museo Del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at E 105th St, New York, NYButterfly fans can virtually follow the transnational migratory journey of a single monarch butterfly in Reynier Leyva Novo: Methuselah, a digital artwork by the Cuban-born and Houston based artist Reynier Levya Novo. Tracking its travel from southern Canada across the United States to Mexico Find familiar items like beds, flowers and portraits in the paintings,…
El Museo Del Barrio
El Museo Del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at E 105th St, New York, NYThis lively museum focuses on the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. Small and friendly with great family programming and interesting artworks in a range of genres. HIGHLIGHTS: 🖼 Vibrant Latino art organized into six thematic sections: Urban Experiences, Expanded Graphics, African and Indigenous Heritages, Craft Intersection,…
Deconstructing Power: W. E. B. Du Bois at the 1900 World’s Fair
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, New York, NYSee innovative data visualizations that W. E. B. Du Bois created for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair alongside decorative arts from Cooper Hewitt’s permanent collection. For the Exhibit of American Negroes, Du Bois and his Atlanta University students made 63 hand-drawn diagrams that used shape, line, and color to showcase the success Black Americans had achieved…
NYC Must-See Week
Various Locations Throughout NYC, New York, NYJan 17-Feb 12, snag 2-for-1 tickets to many of NYC's iconic attractions, museums, tours and performing arts. Use promo code MSW23 online for most venues; see nycgo.com for details. Save on these family faves - click on links for more info. MUSEUMS * Cooper Hewitt * Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum…
Dan Flavin: Kornblee Gallery 1967
David Zwirner 69th St New York, NYSee re-creations of two groundbreaking exhibitions of light and color that Dan Flavin mounted in 1967 at New York’s Kornblee Gallery, then located at the nearby and architecturally similar 58 East 79th Street. In one gallery, a series of six vertically oriented works in cool white light, each varying slightly from one another, punctuate the…
Celebration of Math presented by the Russian School of Mathematics
RSM Upper East - 1st Ave 1745 First Avenue at e 91st St, New York, NYRSM invites all to a math action-packed day across all 5 RSM NYC branches. Free activities include musical performances by students, a Math & Art exhibit, inspiring talks with artists on how Math & Art are connected, New York scholars sharing their love for math, school tours, games, math puzzles, competitions, sample lessons and more.…
Griffins, Goblets, and Gold: A Wizarding Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYExplore art and spaces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art reminiscent of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World, from part of an actual castle to mythical creatures like griffins and dragons. Participate in interactive activities, make surprising connections, explore the museum from a wizard’s perspective - and maybe even do a little magic. Private tours…
FIAF Animation First Festival
FIAF 22 East 60th Street, New York, NYThe sixth edition of Animation First, celebrating the artistry of French animation, presents animated feature films and shorts, filmmaker conversations, “Work in Progress” presentations, video games, AR-VR experiences, student shorts programs, and more. The best films for kids and families include: Little Nicholas – Happy as can be (ages 6+) | Friday at 7pm Best…
Moon Over Manhattan: A Lunar New Year Family Day
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue at East 70th Street Upper East Side, New York, New YorkAsia Society rings in the New Year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia. Enjoy a Lion Dance and interactive Kung Fu demonstration by the Bo Law Kung Fu martial arts school. Sing and dance along with Elena Moon Parkto Korean New Year’s songs, fun and silly songs about…
Mozart for Munchkins Bluegrass Jam
The Church of the Epiphany 1393 York Avenue at 74th Street, New York, NYJoin an all-ages folksy concert in a relaxed environment. Features five instruments – saxophone, guitar, banjo, five string violin, & baritone violin – plus dancing, singing, clapping, tons of fun. Includes interaction with musicians throughout the concert and a post-show instrument petting zoo. This concert is led by Bobby and Kris who are well versed…
Guggenheim for All Family Day
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYIn this drop-in program designed for children with autism and sensory sensitivities and their families, explore works from Nick Cave: Forothermore in sensory-friendly experiences in the galleries and create your own art in the studio. Free. Registration required.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art Storytime
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYLook, listen, sing, and have fun with picture books about snow; then continue your adventure with a self-guided gallery hunt in the Museum. Geared toward families with children ages 18 months–6, but all ages welcome. Space is limited; first come, first served. In the Uris Center for Education; enter at the (less-crowded, stroller-friendly) W 81st…
Start with Art and Music: Water and Sky
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYExplore art and music in the galleries while you look, move, and sing. Fabulous museum educators engage children in conversations and activities related to a few works in the vast collection while listening to live music. Share ideas and enjoy stories, sketching, singing, and other gallery activities that bring works of art to life. Share…
The Met Family Benefit: Globetrotters
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYPack your bags and set sail for a trip around the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 29th annual Family Benefit. From the temples of Egypt to the serene courtyards of China, stamp your passport as you travel around The Met collection from across the globe all in one night. Families of all ages…
Kindness Crafting Club
The Craft Studio 1657 Third Avenue at E 93rd St, New York, NYMake tie dye party shirts to cheer up kids fighting cancer - and shop for your own tie dye apparel with The Craft Studio in partnership with Tie Dye For A Good Cause. The cost for participants will help cover supplies and staffing but The Craft Studio will be proud to donate any leftover funds…
Drop-in Drawing
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYExperience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges in the galleries with expert teaching artists. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. Only pencils are allowed in the galleries. Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. For visitors of all ages. See our complete guide to visiting the Met.
Coquí Club: Honoring Black & Afro-Latinx Artists
El Museo Del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at E 105th St, New York, NYJoin an interactive, bilingual program facilitated by El Museo museum educators with storytelling, discussion and an art making project. February is an opportunity to honor and highlight the accomplishments of many Black leaders in the community. Learn bout special Black and Afro-Latinx artists and explore a little more about their identities as Black and Latino.…
LOS Kids: Johann Strauss Jr., Pop Star!
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College 695 Park Avenue at 68th Street, New York, NYJoin Johann Strauss Jr., young soloists, and a professional Orchestra to see what happens when "classical" music is more like "pop" music. Theatre, comedy, video, dancing, original scripts and expertly crafted music education come together for an engaging show. Includes audience participation during the show and digital pre & post concert guides. The theater is…
Family Concert: Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could, + Studio Art Session
The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NYGroove with Grammy-nominated Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could. Dance to rootsy, accordion-laced pop and rock music, as well as songs from the albums Under The Big Umbrella and Love Me For Who I Am where individuality is celebrated across abilities and kindness wins the day. From 11:30 am-3 pm, drop into Studio Art Session to…
Guggenheim Stroller Tour
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYStroll around the ramps as museum educators lead an engaging one-hour tour for caregivers and their babies (up to 24 months). This interactive exploration of current exhibitions includes touchable objects, art-making, and adult conversation.
Guggenheim Second Sunday Family Tour
Guggenheim 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NYOn the second Sunday of every month, explore the Guggenheim with an interactive, family-friendly tour that includes creative, hands-on gallery activities. Tours are organized around a single theme and highlight artworks on view from the permanent collection and special exhibitions.
Met Family Afternoon—Reflections
Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, NYCome ready to look, imagine, and create. Move your body while creating art and music inspired by Maya art, join Museum experts to explore ancient materials, and listen to an interactive bilingual Storytime. Families with children of all ages and abilities are welcome; recommended for children ages 3–11 years. Materials provided. Presented in conjunction with…
Tea Party Storytime
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden 421 East 61st Street Upper East Side, New York, New YorkChildren and caregivers are invited to visit a historic hotel turned Museum to listen to stories about tea and have a pretend tea party.