Family STEAM Workshops: Building the City with The GIANT Room

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Calling all aspiring engineers! Bring the whole family for an unforgettable museum workshop where STEAM comes to life through creativity, curiosity, and hands-on fun! Families will roll up their sleeves to design, experiment, and build together, using real-world science, technology, engineering, art, and math inspired by New York City’s past and present. 

After the workshop, dive deeper with a guided exploration of a related exhibition, uncovering how innovation, design, and problem-solving have shaped NYC  

Come explore the history of some of NYC’s most iconic sites through hands-on STEAM activities in connection with our new exhibition, He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model. 

Perfect for curious kids and grown-ups alike, this interactive experience invites families to learn by doing, ask big questions, and see NYC through a fresh, STEAM-powered lens. Come imagine, create, and explore—together! 

Ticket Information: Non-Members: $40 per child, Members: $35 per child 

Ages: This program is designed for children ages 5 to 9, but also accessible to younger and older siblings ages 3 to 12. 

Advance registration is encouraged to guarantee a spot. All sales are final; refunds and exchanges are not permitted. Programs and dates are subject to change.

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About The GIANT Room 

The GIANT Room is a creative STEM and co-design organization that partners with museums, libraries, and schools to design programs where young people and families create, imagine, and publish their ideas together. 

Learn more about their work at https://www.thegiantroom.com/. 

Questions? Email familyprograms@mcny.org.

Supporters

He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model is made possible with lead support from Todd DeGarmo | STUDIOS Architecture. Thank you to sponsors, Amazon, Matt and Marisa Brown, and RUDIN. Additional support provided by Meredith and Brian Feurtado, Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe, Leah Johnson, Cindy and Stephen Ketchum, Stanford G. and Sandra T. Ladner, Jennifer and Andrew Marrus, Jennifer Prosek, Lisa Roberts, Toby Milstein Schulman and Judah Schulman, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with New York City Council.

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