NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Congo Gorilla Forest

BronxOngoing

A reconstruction of an African rainforest encompasses 6.5 acres and is home to animals, including more than 20 western lowland gorillas.

• Rose Center for Earth and Space

  American Museum of Natural History

  ManhattanOngoing

  The Rose Center encompasses the Hayden Planetarium and exhibitions that explore the vast range of sizes in the cosmos; the 13-billion-year history of the universe; the nature of galaxies, stars and planets; and the features of planet Earth. A moon rock is displayed near the entrance to the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth.

• Battle of Brooklyn

  Harbor Defense Museum at Fort Hamilton

  BrooklynOngoing

  Artifacts commemorate the bravery and heroism of those who fought in the revolutionary war.

• Sea of Boats

  Staten Island Children's Museum

  Staten IslandOngoing

  In an outdoor space, kids climb a makeshift crow's nest, learn firsthand how fishermen do their jobs and dabble in nautical activities such as oystering, radar-reading and Morse code-deciphering. Program is weather dependent.

• An Immigrant Story: Who is Pieter Claesen

  Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

  BrooklynOngoing

  Through storytelling and artifact examination, students learn about Pieter Claesen, a Dutch immigrant who arrived in the New World as an indentured servant and became one of the most prominent landowners of Colonial times. The program includes a choice of one of the following hands-on activities: butter-churning, quill-writing with berry ink, herbal sachet-making, or a look at old-time games and toys.

• Congo Gorilla Forest

  Bronx Zoo

  BronxOngoing

  A reconstruction of an African rainforest encompasses 6.5 acres and is home to animals, including more than 20 western lowland gorillas.