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West Side
The Intrepid's permanent flight deck exhibits include an A-12 Blackbird, an F-14 Super Tomcat, a British Scimitar, a French Entendard and a Polish MiG-21 among other many other fixed-wing aircraft and a couple of helicopters. One record-breaking high...
Manhattan
The Sony Wonder Technology Lab (SWTL) is a FREE four-story, interactive technology and entertainment museum for all ages. Located in mid-town Manhattan, SWTL inspires creativity in a high-quality, engaging and family friendly learning environment.
ArtXplorers
(2 Miles)
NYC
ArtXplorers is a multi-media company that offers interactive, engaging and fun art tours for kids 3.5 years old and older to over 25 museums in New York city. Each 1 1/2 hour thematic tour includes art games, story-telling, props, materials and an a...
Manhattan
The museum has 46 permanent exhibition halls. Don't miss world renowned Dinosaur Halls, a 94-foot- long blue whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, the new Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, and much more
Manhattan
CMOM inspires children and families to learn about themselves and our culturally diverse world through the arts, literacy, media & communications, science & the environment and early childhood education
Manhattan
Has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments.
New York
The purpose of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is the collection, preservation, study, education, and display of comic and cartoon art. Every genre of the art is represented: animation, anime, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, hu...
The Jewish Museum
(2 Miles)
New York City
Widely admired for its exhibitions and collections that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is one of the world’s preeminent institutions devoted to exploring the intersection of art and Jewish culture from ancient to modern times....
Guggenheim Museum
(2 Miles)
Manhatten
The museum's great rotunda has been the site of many celebrated special exhibitions, while its smaller galleries are devoted to the Guggenheim's renowned collection, which ranges from Impressionism through contemporary art.
Manhattan
Exhibitions at the Childrens Museum of the Arts are designed to create dialogue among museum visitors young and old. Each exhibition is selected to inspire children and their families in their art-making at CMA and beyond.
Manhattan
The Museum of the City of New York is the place to go to find out more about the city. The exhibits have just about everything you ever wanted to know about New York City and then some.
Manhattan
The Police Museum gives visitors an insider's look at the history and traditions of the largest police force in the country. Kids can test out sirens used in an NYPD patrol car, take their friend's "mugshot" in a police line-up.Baseball fans will di...
Brooklyn
The New York Transit Museum, one of the city's leading cultural institutions is the largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Museum offers interactive learning adventures through hands-on exhibitions, multicultural performances, creative workshops, and an extensive collection of cultural artifacts and natural science specimens.
Brooklyn
Through innovative multi-media technology, Jewish history, values and culture come to life at the Museum. There are hands on exhibits, computer labs, a game show studio, and even a miniature golf course, so the kids aren't just swamped with informati...
Jersey City
The interactive museums three exhibit floors, each having a different theme, are dedicated to exploration through hands-on experimentation. One of the many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in New Jersey
Queens
Features more than 450 interactive exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground, Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf.
Newark Museum
(10 Miles)
Newark
Whatever your child is passionate about, let the Junior Museum be your partner as your child explores their creative self, expands their mind, and above all, has fun while learning something new!
Staten Island
The Staten Island Children's Museum appeals to the intrepid explorer in every child. Interactive exhibitions and creative workshops offer plenty of opportunities for hands-on, first hand experiences that nurture children's natural curiosity and crea...
Staten Island
visitors can embark on a voyage through time in the Staten Island Ferry exhibit, get close to exotic insects, see rocks glow in the dark along with oddities in the Hall of Natural Sciences and experience the life of Staten Island's first inhabitants,...
Paterson
Fascinating museum set inside and about Lambert Castle. The Garret Mountain Reservation observation tower is right by you, as is the Rifle Camp Park with it's own natural history museum and observatory with telescope. The local nature trail is full o...
NJ Childrens Museum
(14 Miles)
Paramus
Explore over 30 different play and learning areas, each designed to attract and engage the imagination! Your child is your guide.
Floral Park
The Queens County Farm Museum's history dates back to 1697; it occupies New York City's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland and is the only working historical farm in the City. The farm encompasses a 47-acre parcel that is the longest c...
Garden City
Long Island Childrens Museum is a hands-on museum for kids and their grown-ups.
Morris Museum
(27 Miles)
Morristown
The museum offers a full calendar of special events, festivals, classes, and activities for the entire family - with an ever changing hands on exhibitions varying from arts and science to historical and theatrical.
The Bruce Museum
(27 Miles)
Greenwich
The Bruce Museum is an educational institution which, through its varied exhibitions and collections in the arts and sciences, provides programs for diverse audiences.
Stamford
Seasonal fun awaits you at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Bring friends and enjoy a picnic on the Meadow, walk over 80 acres of nature trails, drop in to the Hecksher Farm and say hello the animals.The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a place...
Norwalk
Fun - and lots of it! Learning and fun go hand-in-hand at Stepping Stones. Our exhibits and educational programs help expand a child's world by engaging them in fun, playful exploration. With four main galleries, a toddlers-only gallery and over 1...
Ogdensburg
More than 700 objects are currently on display and the mines are accessible by guided tour. Brightly glowing mineral specimens illustrate the diverse causes of fluorescence in the natural world, with their enchanting magical glows.
Franklin
The museum has over 4,000 mineral specimens on display in the local room including those that are on display in the 33 foot long fluorescent display in the fluorescent room. The museum\'s fluorescent display has a dazzling array of the world\'s most...

There are so many fun places to go with kids in New York - great zoos and aquariums, museums, theme parks, water parks and swimming pools, places to visit outdoors (many of which are cheap or free), historical places of interest, activities and indoor play centres for toddlers as well as the usual family tourist attractions - take a look above, lots of the best things to do with children in NY

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