NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Portia's Playhouse

Staten IslandOngoing

Using props, sound effects and costumes, budding thespians take to the museum's stage to perform skits in this interactive performing exhibition.

• 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.

• Great Explorations

  Staten Island Children's Museum

  Staten IslandOngoing

  Extreme environments are the focus of this interactive exhibition which allows curious kids to feel what it must be like to wander through a rain forest, drive a dog sled through the tundra, drive a submarine and build an igloo.

• Ladder 11

  Staten Island Children's Museum

  Staten IslandOngoing

  Future firefighters can ring bells, slide down the pole, put on a uniform and jump aboard the museum's fire truck in this fun and educational permanent exhibition.

• The Big Game

  Staten Island Children's Museum

  Staten IslandOngoing

  Larger-than-life games of chess, checkers and dominoes are available for kids to play with in this exhibition.

• Portia's Playhouse

  Staten Island Children's Museum

  Staten IslandOngoing

  Using props, sound effects and costumes, budding thespians take to the museum's stage to perform skits in this interactive performing exhibition.