There’s no doubt that NYC has a wealth of children’s museums and great new exhibits on offer, but sometimes it’s hard to keep up with everything new! After all, there are so many cool indoor activities for kids to choose from on your weekends and rainy days. These amazing picks are definitely worth a look (plus, your kids will love them). They’re all educational too!
Kids Go Free at Madame Tussauds
Through Oct 29
Save some dough! Madame Tussauds is offering a quick promotion this year that allows kids ages 12 and under to go to the museum for free with an adult that pays full price (max two free kids’ tickets per one paying adult). Pretty amazing. Time to see “Ghostbusters: Dimension?”
Through Nov 6
Aspiring miniartists will love exploring multimedia artworks in celebration of the formal garden designed by Delano & Aldrich in 1916. You’ll see cool stuff made of ceramic, fiberglass, recycled materials, wood and steel to name a few.
“¡Cuba!”
American Museum of Natural History’s
Nov 21–Aug 13
While little can top fearsome icons like the Titanosaur, AMNH’s new exhibition ¡Cuba! will get littles pumped about biodiversity and teach families about Cuban culture and history. You’ll get to check out live animals and creatures plus neat models to help you envision Cuba’s unique ecosystems; there’s even a re-creation of the Zapata wetlands with live frogs, boas and lizards. We dig.
Children’s Museum of Art
Through Jan 15
Families can explore the cosmos in the Children’s Museum of the Arts’ new exhibit “Mission to Space,” which features artwork from famed visual artists like Thomas Broadbent, E.V Day, Masayoshi Sukita and Penelope Umbrico. You’ll see a selection of vibrant works (sculptures, paintings, photographs, videos and installations) that share the common theme of space exploration, including its history and potential, and examine humankind’s role in the galaxy.
New York Hall of Science
Through February 26
Check out more than 24 artworks that “reflect on the topic of food from all angles,”—this includes cool things like art as food, the topic of molecular gastronomy and even historical records.