About the Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center

Education is at the core of the Museum’s mission. Students, teachers, families, and community members from across the five boroughs and around the world take part in our Education Center programming each year. The Museum engages learners in examining the city’s past so that they may understand the present and envision their role in shaping the future.

Education programs produced by the Museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center utilize exhibitions and our incomparable collections to make the city’s history compelling and accessible, serving over 50,000 people each year.

For students, the Center’s programs address the persistent, city-wide problem of student underachievement in social studies. Our approach to the subject challenges children to build their critical thinking skills: interpreting evidence; connecting new information and prior knowledge; drawing reasoned conclusions; and communicating their conclusions and reasoning clearly. These skills are crucial to children’s success in school, in the workplace, and throughout their lives.

Programs take place in the Center’s state-of-the-art classrooms, in the Museum's galleries, online, and throughout the city itself. All activities—including our flagship School Programs for groups visiting on field trips or participating in remote learning programs, out-of-school-time programs, family programs, and online and in-person professional development workshops for teachers—are led by trained museum educators.

Learn more about our student programs, educator resources, community events, and online content at mcny.org/education