Start with Art/Art Trek Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,
Fabulous museum educators engage children in conversations and activities related to a few works in the vast collection. Travel through time and around the world on a museum adventure. Discover favorite works of art and make your own masterpiece. This month’s theme is Asian American and Pacific Islander Arts and Culture. Start with Art at…
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Whitney Museum Open Studio Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street,
All ages are invited to get creative in the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. Make art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions. Each week is a different artmaking project.
🎟 $25/adults, $18/students & seniors, Free/ages 18 & under
This Old House: Cooper Hewitt Edition Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E 91st Street,
Explore Cooper Hewitt’s historic mansion, built for Andrew Carnegie from 1899-1902 as a family home, and plan a renovation to make it your own. Follow a self-guided scavenger hunt to learn more about the mansion, which once included a conservatory, a billiard room, and a cellar coal car that traveled over a miniature train track.…
🎟 $15/adults, free/ages 18 & under
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 NYC's rivers, canals, or busy streets. Choose from two sessions: 11 am–1 pm and 2 pm–4 pm. If sessions are sold out; join the waitlist…
🎟 $15
Workshop: The Art Book for Children Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Phaidon and the Brooklyn Museum are excited to host author, artist, and art historian Ferren Gipson for an interactive art-making workshop. This program celebrates the updated and expanded edition of Gipson’s beloved The Art Book for Children. Young artists-to-be are invited to learn about the exciting history of art and create their own masterpieces inspired…
Print Your Own Mother’s Day Card South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,
Join the talented designers at Bowne & Co.in creating a festive Mother’s Day card using the Museum’s 19th century historical printing equipment. See the Seaport Museum’s working collection in action and to try printing your card. Check out the wide array of unique products available at the Bowne & Co. Gift Emporium to find something…
Hands-on History: Trekkies, Unite! King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens
Why in the galaxy is a historic house museum K be dedicating an event to Star Trek? Rufus King’s third great granddaughter, Jane Wyatt, played the human mother of Spock, a Vulcan alien. Celebrate Jane and the show that paved the way for diverse storytelling on television (as well as television’s first on screen interracial…
Family Tours at The Met Cloisters The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive,
Share ideas and enjoy hands-on gallery activities that bring medieval works of art to life in a castle-like setting. Recommended for families with children ages 3 to 11 years.
🎟 $30 (suggested), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
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? The bounciest noodles? Tell your neighbors where to get them. Then add your shop to our collaborative Chinatown scene, and maybe learn about a new…
First Saturday: In Bloom Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Enjoy engaging and eclectic free art and entertainment for all ages the first Saturday of the month at Brooklyn Museum. Celebrate Spring and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a lineup of artists, poets, and musicians from the Asian diaspora in Brooklyn and beyond. This program is free;Â registration is required and includes Museum general…
Party On Wheels New York Transit Museum Boerum Place & Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn
Celebrate the 120th birthday of the subway at a fundraiser for the New York Transit Museum. Includes breakfast and birthday cake, artmaking and face painting, conductor cab photo booth, and unlimited rides on vintage subway cars from the Museum platform to Hoyt-Schermerhorn and back. Party On Wheels donations support the Museum’s programs for kids and…
🎟 $65/ages 18+, $40/ages 2-17
Wave Hill Family Art Project Wave Hill West 249th Street & Independence Avenue, Bronx
Enjoy nature-inspired art projects among gorgeous gardens and trees overlooking the Hudson River. Themes change weekly. At 11:30am families can enjoy an indoor storytime program, all ages welcome.
🎟 $10/adults, $6/students & seniors, $4/ages 6-18
Create Ability: Making Moves Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 4 W 53rd Street,
Join MoMA’s monthly program welcoming individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with their families and friends, to explore works on view and create artwork together. In each session, participants focus on a different theme during interactive activities in the Museum’s galleries and classrooms. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Registration opens one month before…
“We Are Still Here!” Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
Join members of the Lunaapeew/Lenape community and the Museum of the City of New York for a weekend of activities celebrating the resilience and cultural heritage of the First People of the New York City region. Enjoy two days of musical and dance performances, craft workshops and a marketplace.Ddiscussions led by Indigenous speakers and artists,…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
Rubin Family Sundays: Blossoming Beyond Borders Rubin Museum of Art 150 W 17 Street,
Join an afternoon of creativity and self-exploration for both kids and grown-ups in the interactive Mandala Lab. Each month explores a new theme, with related art-making. Create pop-up cards inspired by lotuses that represents overcoming obstacles and being the best you can be. A common motif in Buddhist art, lotuses grow out of muddy, murky…
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 request a song, and belt out the choruses.
Morgan Library Spring Family Fair The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue at E 36th Street,
Celebrate the spring season with the reopening of the Morgan Garden and enjoy artmaking, storytime, and hands-on activities themed to current exhibitions, including Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature and Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio.
🎟 $22/adults, $13/students, free/ages 12 & under
Met Storytime Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,
Look, listen, sing, and have fun with Met educators. Join picture-book readings connected to objects in The Met collection every Tuesday & Thursday. This month's theme is Celebrate Black Stories in celebration of Black History Month. Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years. Choose from two half-hour sessions at 10:30 am…
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Storytime at The Met Cloisters The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive,
Look, listen, sing, and have fun in a castle like setting. Join Met educators and partners from Literacy INC every Tuesday for picture-book readings in English and Spanish connected to objects in the The Met Cloisters collection and to the uptown community. Participants will receive a free book with onsite registration, provided by Literacy INC.…
🎟 $30/adults (suggested), $17/students, free/ages 11 & under
Brooklyn Museum Stroller Tours Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Enjoy an interactive, stroller-friendly tour of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. Designed for children up to 24 months old and their caregivers, this baby-friendly program features touchable objects, songs, exploration of artworks on view, and an opportunity to connect with other adults. Breastfeeding is welcome. Single strollers only,…
🎟 $32, includes Museum general admission