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A girl in a dark room with 3d glasses on.

Apr 6

Saturday, April 6, 2024 – Sunday, April 7, 2024

Solar Eclipse Glasses Giveaway Weekend

$5 – $8

Oct 28

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Halloween at the Museum

$5 – $10

A photo of students working on a laptop collaged over historical documents

Jun 17

10:00 am – 11:00 am

They Did What! Using Genealogy to Uncover Our African American Past

Vulnerable Landscapes

Apr 22

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Vulnerable Landscapes Public Opening and Earth Day Celebration

Amanda Wu and Zach Rothman-Hicks posing in front of their installation The Resilience Was Always There

Mar 4

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Resilience Was Always There: Artist Talk and Story Sharing

New York International Children's Film Festival Film For Kids NYICFF.ORG

Feb 24

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

NYICFF in Your Neighborhood

Collage of film stills

Feb 12

Featured 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Kid Flicks: Celebrating Black Stories (Day 2)

$5 – $12

Collage of film stills

Feb 11

Featured 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Kid Flicks: Celebrating Black Stories (Day 1)

$5 – $12

Children in halloween costumes making maps

Oct 22

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Mad Science, Magic and Mummies at the Museum

Lions in Illyria poster with drawing of a male and female lion heads over a yellow sun above an ocean

Oct 1

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

“Lions in Illyria” | A Sensory-Friendly Performance by IlluminArt Productions

Children gathered around a moth attractor

Jul 23

8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Moth Night

$5 – $10

Three people inside the museum planting seeds in a cup.

Apr 30

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Earth Day Celebration: Seeds and Soil

$5 – $10

Two elementary school children working on paper crafts at the museum

Feb 12

Featured 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Korean Lunar New Year: Seollal Crafts and Games

$10 – $15

Oct 23

Featured 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Sci-Fi Family Halloween

$10 – $15

Children searching for moths with flashlight and a net on a dark night.

Jul 24

8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Moth Night – In Person

$5 – $10

Night sky with white sketched cicadas, children lit up by flashlight and white text that reads night science discovery kit 2021 volume II

Jul 17

Saturday, July 17, 2021 – Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Night Science Discovery Kit – Volume II

Mar 20

All day

Super Science: Biodiversity in a Box

Mar 6

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Hanging Mobiles

Feb 6

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Suncatcher

Jan 23

All day

Super Science: Camouflage

Jan 9

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Clay Coil Pots

Dec 19

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Hibernation, Migration, Adaptation

Dec 12

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Winter Landscape Diorama

Nov 21

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Fossil Dig

Nov 18

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – Monday, January 4, 2021

NYICFF Kid Flicks!

$5 – $6.99

Photograph of the Richmond Borough Woman Suffrage Party Tent at the Fair

Nov 7

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Papier Mache Teacup

Oct 24

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Halloween Edition! Mad About Mummies

family programs photo

Oct 3

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Neighborhood Collage

Sep 19

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Animal Tracks

Aug 22

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Keep it Cool – Ice Cream Science

family programs photo

Aug 1

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Family Art Workshops: Landscapes

Moth Night Graphic

Jul 18

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Moth Night

Kids in front of a wall of insects

Jul 11

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Family Art Workshops: Exotic Insect Collage

Jun 27

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Super Science: Today’s Forecast – Weather!

Rolled paper in the shape of a star collage

May 2

All day

Family Art Workshops: Paper Quilling