Little New-Yorkers
Every Tuesday and Friday from 3:30 to 4:15!
Free with Museum Admission, for ages 3-5. Every Tuesday and Friday!
Each class will include time with historic toys, a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, story readings, and a related craft project.
May 21 and 24: In honor of Stacey Martin's last week, we are reading We Are Best Friends by Aliki, a story about saying goodbye to, and staying in touch with, a friend who is moving away. The art activity is making goodbye cards that the kids can either give to her or take home.
Artistic Detectives
Free with Museum Admission, for ages 5 - 9
Every first Saturday!
Look, imagine, draw and create! Families explore history through art making in this educator-led gallery and studio program. Participants will be inspired by different paintings in the galleries and will then create their own personal masterpieces. Space is limited to the first thirty participants. Recommended for ages 5 - 9.
Historical Costume Contest
Calling all history buffs! Dress up as your favorite historical figure – fictional or real! Practice walking, talking and acting like a historical figure with our acting coach, and then enter our costume contest. Prizes for participation, and grand prize winners in time-period categories.
April School Vacation Week
Pick up a history hunt, stop by to make art, and take part in our history quiz. Come and spend the day at the New-York Historical Society!
Natural New York City Scavenger Hunt
April 11 - April 15, 11 am - 4 pm
Ages 6 and up
Celebrate spring by traveling through the museum, discovering objects related to the natural world in the city. Participants get prizes for participation and can enter a raffle to win a Liberty the Dog toy!
Meet Author Maira Kalman - Looking at Lincoln
Award winning artist and author, Maira Kalman, reads from the historical gem Looking at Lincoln. Kalman shares Lincoln’s remarkable life with young readers, from his boyhood in a log cabin to his famous presidency and untimely death. Her charming text and bold artwork make history come alive in a fresh and exciting way.
Winter Break Family Fun!
No preregistration required. Free with museum admission.
Join the Hunt! DiMenna Children’s History Museum Scavenger Hunt
11 am–4 pm
Families team up and head out with a list of clues that take them on a trip around the DiMenna Children's History Museum. Prizes for participation, and everyone can enter our Liberty the Dog raffle!
Historical Art making
1–4 pm
Make, decorate and wear your own election button or tri-cornered hat.
Winter Break Family Fun!
Show off your history skills at our daily family quiz show; drop in for some art making, or join our history scavenger hunt. And don’t miss our Wednesday Historical Costume Contest! Every day from December 26–30.
Best for ages 4–14.
Show off your history skills at our daily family quiz show; drop in for some art making, or join our history scavenger hunt. And don’t miss our Wednesday Historical Costume Contest!
Best for ages 4–14.
No preregistration required. Free with museum admission.
Classic Toys
EVENT DETAILS
Have you ever wondered why kids play a game with sticks and a ball? Or how about those funny looking things we call “Jacks?” Learn about the history of these classic games and pick up a few tricks along the way!
LOCATION
Lower Level Classroom, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Tales from a 19th-Century Privy
EVENT DETAILS
Put on gloves, pick up a magnifying glass and sift through the stuff of life in 19th-century New York City. Join urban archaeologist Joan Geismar for a fascinating, hands-on look at the contents of the backyard privy pit of the early 19th-century James Brown Inn on Spring Street (now called the Ear Inn). Broken plates, cups and bottles, oyster shells and shoe leather are just some of the clues to how people lived in the past - what they ate, what they could buy and what they chose to buy, and what they threw away.
Classic Toys
Learn about the history of classic games and pick up a few tricks along the way! There will be two workshops, one starting at 12:30 pm and one at 3:30 pm.
Event details
Have you ever wondered why kids play a game with sticks and a ball? Or how about those funny looking things we call “Jacks?” Learn about the history of these classic games and pick up a few tricks along the way!
There will be two workshops, one starting at 12:30 pm and one at 3:30 pm.
Location
Lower Level Classroom, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
