Start with Art and Music
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York NY
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Suggested Ages: 3 to 6
Explore 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 ideas and enjoy stories, sketching, singing, and other gallery activities that bring works of art to life.
This month’s theme is Adornment in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Don’t miss the view from the Met Roof Garden: Lauren Halsey.
Madeline Hollander: Hydro Parade
Artist, choreographer, and dancer Madeline Hollander takes inspiration from The Met’s many water sources, staging a durational performance that travels a meditative, rhythmic journey around the Museum’s water features. With a continuous stream of movement that flows between the galleries, Hollander connects the ancient waterways that lurk below the Museum to the buzzing activity within…
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Museum Mile Festival
Fifth Avenue’s annual block party features free admission to eight museums -The Africa Center, El Museo del Barrio, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Jewish Museum, Neue Galerie and the Museum of the City of New York – …
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Ancient Playground
This big playground invokes Egyptian themes with climbable pyramids, a large sand lot and a spray shower that represents Egypt’s Nile River in reference to the ancient Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art next door. Lots of slides, tunnels and concrete bridges plus bucket, tire and strap swings are perfect for…
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Princess Play at Let’s Dress Up
Choose from a wide selection of princess and glamour dresses, select matching jewelry and accessories, get a little make-up done, take a photo and then sit down to a seasonal or themed tea party. After tea, hear a story and color, followed by transition time (aka dance party).
Look for upcoming weekend Princess Plays, some…
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