NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Things to Do for Kids

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• Action Center to End World Hunger

  Manhattan

  With exhibitions, interactive stations and talks, the Action Center welcomes visitors to learn about global hunger and poverty how the public can combat these issues. School groups are welcome.

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  Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater

  Manhattan

  Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater involves, educates and entertains kids with age-appropriate programs that offer variety, educational commentary and audience participation.

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  Bomba & Plena In the Schools

  Manhattan

  This program, which has been providing students with folk and traditional arts education since 1988, is open to schools (grades K-12) and educational organizations.

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  Bronx Museum of the Arts

  Bronx

  Founded in 1971, the Bronx Museum of the Arts focuses on 20th-century and contemporary art, and mounts exhibitions on themes of special interest to its multi-ethnic constituency.

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  Brooklyn Children's Museum

  Brooklyn

  A menagerie of resident animals and a permanent collection of more than 20,000 natural science objects and cultural artifacts enliven exhibits and presentations at the Brooklyn Children's Museum.

• Collected. Reflections on the Permanent Collection

  Manhattan

  The works on display embody the museum’s mission and programming, presenting historically significant work by artists of African descent, and art inspired by black culture locally, nationally and internationally.

• Funny Money: The Fight of the U.S. Secret Service Against Counterfeit Money

  Manhattan

  In partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and United States Secret Service, this new exhibition at the Federal Reserve Bank is devoted to the Secret Service's work to catch counterfeiters of U.S. currency.

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  Governors Island

  Manhattan

  This 172-acre island in New York Harbor—the largest in the bay after Staten Island—was a quiet military installation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army from 1794 to 1966 and of the Coast Guard until 1996. It is now accessible by ferry and open to the public.

• Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education

  Manhattan

  Lincoln Center Institute brings dance, music, theater, visual arts, film and architecture into classrooms across the New York City metropolitan area, engaging students and teachers in learning about and through the arts.

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  Museum of Modern Art

  Manhattan

  Since opening in 1929, the Museum of Modern Art has secured its place as a collector and exhibitor of modern art—from 19th-century Post-Impressionism to contemporary installations. MoMA's collection includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, film, architecture and design.

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  National Museum of the American Indian—Smithsonian Institution

  Manhattan

  The museum features year-round exhibitions, dance and music performances, children’s workshops, family and school programs, film festivals and video screenings that present the diversity of the Native peoples of the Americas and the strength of their cultures from the earliest times to the present.

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  New York Transit Museum

  Brooklyn

  Filled with restored antique subway cars, trolleys and buses---many open for climbing, exploration or make-believe---the museum tells the story of metropolitan New York's fabled public transportation system and its role in the growth and history of the metropolis. It is one of only a handful of museums in the world focusing on mass transit.

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  Staten Island Conservatory of Music

  Staten Island

  Modeled on the finest European conservatories of music, this community school offers high-quality music education by world-class instructors to all, regardless of age or origin.

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