Start with Art & Music Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,
Explore art and music in the galleries while you look, move, and sing. Guest musicians share music related to works on view. Look closely at art and discuss with fabulous…
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & 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…
🎟 $15/adults, free/ages 18 & under
Aloha Days Family Festival National Museum of the American Indian - New York One Bowling Green,
Celebrate all things Hawai’i. Watch a hula dance performance and learn the history behind it, get to know Hawaiian musical instruments, watch animated short films about ocean safety, and participate in…
Brooklyn Circus Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn
The Muse Brooklyn’s ABCirque company returns to Brooklyn Children's Museum with a day of interactive performances and hands-on workshops around the Museum. The main performances are on the rooftop ensuring…
🎟 $15, free/babies under 1
Breed Spotlight: Italian Greyhound American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog 101 Park Ave at West 41st Street,
Meet a Italian Greyhound, an alert, playful, and highly affectionate toy companion. Learn the breed's history as well as key characteristics. Activities include art-making, stories and books, a collectable breed…
🎟 $15/adults, $10/ages 13-24, $5/ages 12 & under
Super Sábado: Recuerdos Familiares El Museo Del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at E 105th St,
Honor the memories of ancestors, family traditions, and the power of women storytellers with activities for all ages inspired by new exhibition, Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archeology of Memory. Explore the exhibition…
Hands-on History: Moving Images King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens
Stop by the museum to make a thaumatrope, an optical toy, invented in 1826 by the English physician J.A. Paris, that creates a moving image when the instrument is twirled.…
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…
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $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?…
Discovery Squad Tours American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West at W 79th Street,
On select Sunday mornings, autistic children and their families can attend a 40-minute tour led by specially trained tour guides, then spend some time exploring activities related to the Museum…
Discoveries Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,
Join an in-person workshop to talk about and make art. For kids with learning and developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. Free, though advance registration is required. Space…
Art-Making Workshop: Families in the ASL Community The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street,
Families in the ASL community with kids ages 5 — 12 are invited to explore the exhibition Scenes from the Collection and create art inspired by the works on view.…
Next Stop, New York City! Subway by Christoph Niemann The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place,
Explore the many different modes of transportation available in large cities today, including trains, buses, ferries, and bikes. Through a read-aloud of Christopher Niemann’s picture book Subway, learn about one…
Uptown Jazz: New York, the Destination Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
With help from the dynamic dancing duo The Uptown Belles, Dandy Wellington and his band will explore the songs that hail the five boroughs as a destination number one. Whether it’s crossing…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
Open Studio at The Met Cloisters The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive,
Explore materials and process through artist-led demonstrations, drop-in art-making activities, and conversations with Met experts. All materials are provided. For visitors of all ages.
🎟 $30 (suggested), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Meet the Artists! Making Family Sculptures with John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
Join a one-of-a-kind experience as South Bronx-based sculptors John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres sculpt museum visitors’ hands and turn them into a work of art to take home. As the…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
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…
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Center for Architecture Family Program: Building Ornament Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place,
Take a neighborhood walk to find examples of different types of ornament among the beautiful buildings of Greenwich Village, then return to the Center for Architecture where families will create…
🎟 $15
Poster Kids: Printmaking & Popcorn Poster House 119 W 23rd Street,
Join a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Investigate some of the printing methods used to creat beloved movie posters through images on view in The Anatomy…
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…