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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…
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
imagiNATIONS Activity Center National Museum of the American Indian - New York One Bowling Green,
Solve puzzles, perform experiments, play state-of-the-art computer simulations and find out how corn is like a dog in this interactive, family-friendly space. Explore scientific principles behind Native innovations and technologies…
NYC Ferry NYC Various locations,
Travel by state-of-the-art ferry to stops in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island along the East River and Hudson River. Indoor and outdoor seating. Charging stations, concessions, AC/heat…
🎟 $2.75, free/kids under 44 inches
1885 Tall Ship Wavertree & 1908 Lightship Ambrose South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,
Visit the 130-year-old tall ship Wavertree with self-guided tours along a set route include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a…
🎟 Pay-what-you-wish
Blue Man Group Astor Place Theater 434 Lafayette Street,
Experience a unique, imaginative, multi-sensory worldwide hit where it all began, in an intimate downtown theater. Three bizarre bald blue men make music with innovative instruments and interact with each…
🎟 $54.50-$102
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place,
Learn about remarkable story of the rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust. Together, Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors of all ages mobilized to create one of the most effective—and…
🎟 $18/adults, $12/students & seniors, free/ages 12 & under
On the Lower East Side: Twenty-Eight Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street,
Celebrate women who lived or worked in this vibrant immigrant neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century. The figures depicted in the exhibit were responsible for groundbreaking developments in…
🎟 $15/adults, $10/students & seniors, $8/ages 5-17
Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal 4 Whitehall Street,
Take a free ferry ride from Whitehall Terminal in Lower Manhattan to Staten Island and back for great views of The Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan & Brooklyn skylines.…
Mercer Labs Mercer Labs 21 Dey Street,
Explore a 45,000 square ft realm where technology and art collide with fifteen experimental exhibition spaces, interactive experiences, unique listening encounters and immersive installations. Challenge your senses in immersive digital…
🎟 $52, $46/ages 4-12 & 65+
The Original Cupcake Tour of Greenwich Village The Original Cupcake Tour 8 Union Square W,
Sample the diversity of tasty cupcakes in NYC on a two-hour tour of trendy cupcake shops. All the sweets are included, plus build a custom cupcake.
🎟 $70, $40/ages 3-14, free/ages 2 & under
Knicks Fan Plaza Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza,
Before every Playoff home game, meet up with fellow Knicks fans on 31st Street between 7th and 8th Avenue to get into the Playoff spirit. Fun activities for fans of…
Park Avenue Artists’ Oscillate Series Perelman Performing Arts Center 251 Fulton Street,
Enjoy an exciting mix of free live performances on the Vartan and Clare Gregorian Stage in the PAC NYC lobby. A free happy hour dance event xurated by Peter X…
Smorgasburg WTC Westfield World Trade Center Oculus 185 Greenwich Street,
Sample creative global treats from 10 vendors at an open-air food market flanked by colorful murals.
Center for Architecture Family Program: Brooklyn Bridge Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place,
Celebrate the 141st birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge. Learn how this iconic suspension bridge transformed New York City. Families will then create their own suspension bridges to span one of…
🎟 $15
MOCACREATE: Super Small Businesses Museum Of Chinese In America 215 Centre Street,
Celebrate favorite Chinatown small businesses and making our own. Design a storefront with Teaching Artist Yu Rong using cardboard, fabric, foam, and more. Got the juiciest mangos? The coolest clothes?…
Playscape Performs: Sova Dance & Puppet Theater Battery Park & Playscape State Street & Battery Place,
Enjoy outdoor music, dance, puppetry and more at a destination playground. Performers change weekly. Join performances at 10:30 am & 12:30 pm.
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,
Join South Street Seaport Museum on the Tall Ship Wavertree for a round-robin of shared sea songs, featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead or…
Tall Timber Towers The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place,
Join a family program built on new exhibition, TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood. Learn about how high-rise buildings have been using engineered wood called Mass Timber as…
Rosie Revere Engineer & Friends BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street,
TheaterWorks USA's  fun musical based on the books Rosie Revere, Engineer; Iggy Peck, Architect; and Ada Twist Scientist spotlights the STEM curriculum (focusing on science, technology, engineering and math). Ms. Greer’s…
🎟 $40