Best New Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Fall 2012: 13 Awesome Installations for...
So far this month we've told you about the best kids' concerts and family theater shows debuting this autumn. Now we finish up our fall culture coverage with a roundup of kid-friendly museum exhibits...
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Best Museums and Exhibits for Kids in NYC
Kid-Friendly Art Museums, Science Museums, and Children's Museums in NYC Dying to introduce your preschooler to Picasso or got a tween who's wild for Warhol? Then you're in the right city. NYC offers...
View ArticleStep Into the Wild Fantasy World of The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum at the...
Think your kids live in a fantasy world? Just wait until you get a load of The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum, the brand-new exhibit at the Children's Museum of the Arts. This retrospective of work by...
View ArticleMoMA Art Lab: People: Make Portraits, Puppets and People at the Museum's New...
Anyone with a child old enough to clutch a crayon knows that people can be artistically represented in a variety of ways, ranging from random slashes on a piece of paper ("It's you, Mommy!") to keenly...
View ArticleNew Sensory Room Opens at the Brooklyn Children's Museum for NYC Kids with...
My kids and I have been to the Brooklyn Children's Museum many times over the years but our visits were usually brief. That's because my ten-year-old son Jake has autism. We could only enjoy pretend...
View ArticleThe Grinch's Holiday Workshop: Hands-on Seasonal Fun for NYC Kids at CMOM
Every kid here in New York likes Christmas a lot... and the Grinch has come to CMOM and just look what he's got! Dr. Seuss' classic holiday tale comes to life in the Children's Museum of Manhattan's...
View ArticleSee Some of NYC's Best Graffiti at 5 Pointz in Long Island City Before It's Gone
Although we've raved aboutgraffitiMecca 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center many times in the past, we've never actually devoted a post to it, not even when Long Island City was our neighborhood of the month....
View ArticleFly High on Indoor Swings at the Park Avenue Armory's New Interactive Exhibit
About a half hour into our visit to ANN HAMILTON: the event of a thread, the brand-new interactive installation at the Park Avenue Armory, my 13-year-old son observed, "I feel like I'm trapped in...
View ArticleThings to Do Over Holiday Break with NYC Kids 2012
Ever since my son started elementary school, I find that there just isn't enough free time for us to enjoy all of the great things New York City has to offer. That's why we love holiday break. We never...
View ArticleThe New Museum of Mathematics Adds Up to Educational Fun for NYC Kids
New York City families have a brand-new interactive and educational spot to explore: the Museum of Mathematics. Located in a sleek 19,000-square-foot space across from Madison Square Park, MoMath is...
View ArticleExplore Offbeat Art in an Old Bank Building for Free in Long Island City
How Much Do I Owe You? is one of those offbeat, one-of-a-kindart installations we love to explore with our kids. This free site-specific exhibit is set inside the long abandoned Bank of Manhattan Tower...
View ArticleBest New Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Winter 2013: 12 Awesome Installations...
We love taking the kids to NYC's world-class museums at any time of year. But in the dead of winter, a trip to explore awesome and often interactive installations makes for a cool (yet warm) family...
View ArticlePlay Pac-Man and Other Retro Video Games at NYC Museums and Family Arcades
Your kids are intimately familiar with all of the different Angry Birds and their powers, and know exactly where to Cut the Rope to feed the little monster. But can they name all four of the ghosts in...
View ArticleUnderground Art: Take a Tour of the Best NYC Subway Art for Families
We keep our Museum Guide filled with the best current NYC exhibits for kids and families. But this being New York City, some of the coolest installations are actually free public art displays on the...
View ArticleSee Free Animated Movies at the National Museum of the American Indian this...
The National Museum of the American Indian, which is located in the stunning Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, is a great destination on any day, literally. It's one of only a few NYC museums that...
View Article3 Brooklyn Museums You've Never Heard of That Are Fun for Kids
A few years ago we wrote about five under-the-radar museums in downtown Manhattan. But there are a bunch of little known museums in Brooklyn, too, and some of them are particularly fun for kids. So on...
View ArticleBest Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Spring 2013: 7 Great New Installations
While spring brings outdoor festivals and fairs, and long days at NYC's playgrounds, it's also a great season for new museum exhibits. Alfresco sculpture installations at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...
View ArticleWhales: Giants of the Deep - Learn About the World's Largest Mammals at the...
For as long as I can remember, my eight-year-old son has been fascinated by whales. Consequently, we've spent a lot of time exploring the displays in the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein...
View Article4 Cool New Free Public Art Displays That NYC Kids Will Love
While there are a bunch of wonderful new kid-friendly exhibits this spring, you don't need to go to a museum to find awesome art in NYC. Cool public art installations are popping up as quickly as...
View ArticleTake the Kids—10 Ways to Enjoy Gutai: Splendid Playground at the Guggenheim...
One of the things we always try to do at Mommy Poppins is to look beyond typical kid activities and share cultural happenings that aren't aimed at children but can be enriching and fun for the whole...
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