Education
School Programs |
The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Children's Center staff is busy creating new school programs for the 2010-2011 school year!
Please check back with us in mid-September to learn about our exciting new offerings.
If you have general questions, please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3334, or email schoolprograms@mcny.org
Self-Guided Visits
Self-guided groups may visit the Museum Tuesday through Sunday; from 11:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Groups must register before visiting. Students and chaperones are $3.00 each. A variety of self-guided materials are available for the Museum’s changing and permanent exhibitions below.
MCNY Investigations: Self-guided material to download
Temporary Exhibitions
America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York
Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860 - Educator Guide
- Self-guided worksheet
Permanent Exhibitions
New York Interiors: Furnishing the Empire City
Self-guided worksheet - lower elementary grades
Self-guided worksheet - elementary and middle school grades
Self-guided worksheet - high school
Discussion Questions - high school
Supplemental Materials
- Analyzing a Photograph
Teachers are responsible for equipping students with copies of these materials, pencils (pens are not allowed in the galleries), and clipboards. These items will not be available at the Museum. Please read Self-guided rules here.
Self-guided Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York- Grades 5 and up
Timescapes, a 25-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status as one of the world’s great cities.Timescapes runs every half hour Tuesday through Sunday from 10:15 to 4:45.Download the Timescapes: Trivia Challenge for upper elementary or middle school and high school students.
In order to ensure that you can visit on the date of your choice, we suggest contacting us at least one month in advance. Schools in Community School District 4 may receive a discount through the Museum’s I'm a Neighbor Program. A $25 deposit must be received one week prior to the date of the visit. The deposit will be refunded if cancellations are made at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
Self-Guided Visits
MCNY Investigations: Self-guided material to download
Permanent Exhibitions
New York Interiors: Furnishing the Empire City
Self-guided worksheet - lower elementary grades
Self-guided worksheet - elementary and middle school grades
Self-guided worksheet - high school
Discussion Questions - high school
Supplemental Materials
- Analyzing a Photograph
Permanent Exhibitions
New York Interiors: Furnishing the Empire City
Self-guided worksheet - lower elementary grades
Self-guided worksheet - elementary and middle school grades
Self-guided worksheet - high school
Discussion Questions - high school
Supplemental Materials
- Analyzing a Photograph
Permanent Exhibitions
Self-guided worksheet - lower elementary grades
Self-guided worksheet - elementary and middle school grades
Self-guided worksheet - high school
Discussion Questions - high school
Supplemental Materials
Self-guided Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York- Grades 5 and up
In order to ensure that you can visit on the date of your choice, we suggest contacting us at least one month in advance. Schools in Community School District 4 may receive a discount through the Museum’s I'm a Neighbor Program. A $25 deposit must be received one week prior to the date of the visit. The deposit will be refunded if cancellations are made at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
In order to ensure that you can visit on the date of your choice, we suggest contacting us at least one month in advance. Schools in Community School District 4 may receive a discount through the Museum’s I'm a Neighbor Program. A $25 deposit must be received one week prior to the date of the visit. The deposit will be refunded if cancellations are made at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
In order to ensure that you can visit on the date of your choice, we suggest contacting us at least one month in advance. Schools in Community School District 4 may receive a discount through the Museum’s I'm a Neighbor Program. A $25 deposit must be received one week prior to the date of the visit. The deposit will be refunded if cancellations are made at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
In order to ensure that you can visit on the date of your choice, we suggest contacting us at least one month in advance. Schools in Community School District 4 may receive a discount through the Museum’s I'm a Neighbor Program. A $25 deposit must be received one week prior to the date of the visit. The deposit will be refunded if cancellations are made at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
School and Summer Programs are made possible through the generous support of Target. Additional Support is provided by the Fortin Foundation of Florida, the Henry Nias Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Jonathan Bing, State Assembly Member, 73rd District and Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation.
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