Photograph: Courtesy of The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass

They may have glimpsed the opulent Tiffany shades while slurping frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3. But if the sugar high left your kids too whacked out to notice the decor, bring them to the Queens Museum of Art to see highlights of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass.
On indefinite long-term loan, the display allows 360-degree views of 12 lamps, many of which are in cases set at young visitors’ eye-level. To begin an examination of our favorite fixture, the Wisteria Library Lamp (1901; right), let your kids bask in its sapphire glow. The meticulously placed, semitranslucent shards of glass instantly captivate children, says the museum’s director of education, Lauren Schloss. Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany’s innovative, one-of-a-kind lamps were among the first to run on electricity, but your little ones’ interest will probably be more basic. “Kids tend to be drawn to color,” says Schloss. Keep a pad and a set of colored pencils at the ready in case inspiration strikes: A drawing session will extend your encounter by at least 15 minutes. The museum also holds 300 pieces of loose Tiffany glass on reserve, and during certain family programs visitors may handle them (all the edges have been dulled for safety). To find the Neustadt Collection, head to the second floor, past the museum’s scale model of NYC.