The Skyscraper Museum Family Program
September 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
One event on August 20, 2022 at 10:30 am
One event on September 10, 2022 at 10:30 am
One event on September 24, 2022 at 10:30 am
The Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place
New York, NY
Suggested Ages: All
Engage with a Skyscraper Museum educator to explore the principles of urbanism, architecture, and engineering through hands-on activities. Explore different themes each session.
Free, but online registration required. Walk-in spots sometimes available.
Bajo el manto de la selva / Under the Cover of the Jungle
Immerse yourself in the Colombian rainforest with Winter Garden’s new large-scale sculptural work created by Tatiana Arocha, recipient of the 2022 Brookfield Place New York Annual Arts Commission. Made of hand-made paper, tree branches, reed, fique and wood, the work is representative of the artist’s layered relationship with the ecology of Colombia, her home country.
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Cap’n’s Commute
Join Cap’n Crunch aboard an S.S. Guppy-inspired commuter ferry ride that will make stops at five ports around Manhattan and Brooklyn (Pier 11 at Wall St, Pier 16 at South Street Seaport, East 34th St. in Manhattan, N. Williamsburg at N. 6th St. and Kent Ave, Battery Park City at Vesey St. and North End…
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The Puppet Cycle: Small World Stories
Artist-created puppets bring to life two original short plays and a musical number. Jen Silverman’s Frown Town looks at the upside of feeling down, and Dipika Guha’s Elephantasia features a pachyderm who dreams of flight.
Performed on a solar powered movable stage—a specially adapted cargo bike—that will tour selected locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. From…
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Smorgasburg WTC
Sample creative global treats from 10 vendors at an open-air food market flanked by colorful murals.
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Battery Playscape
Explore a new playground with five ecology zones—Bluff, Marsh, Dune, Meadow, and Riverbed– in resilient design, post-Superstorm Sandy when the park survived the full force of the 15-foot storm surge and became a focal point of sea level rise. Lyrical patterns of water illuminate the portal, fence, and custom seating. Daylight filters through the punctuated…
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Nelson A. Rockefeller & Teardrop Park
Frolic on wide waterfront lawns and explore multiple playgrounds plus gardens, public art pieces, and a sheltered pavilion.
In Rockefeller Park, climb large jungle gyms with swinging bridges, netting, slides, poles and more. Ride a pedal-powered merry-go-round and dig in multiple sandboxes and a handicapped-accessible sand table. In warm weather, be sprayed by an elephant…
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