NYC Discovery Lab

Aerial overhead shot of two children coloring with markers and other colorful art supplies on a table around them.
Photo by Barnabas Crosby

Join us every weekend at the Museum for free, hands-on activities for kids ages 5-12 and adults. 

  • Pick up a guide with activity prompts and explore New York’s art, culture, and history in our galleries. 
  • Learn fun facts about NYC from Museum Educators while you create an artwork or artifact to take home, each based on a rotating monthly theme.
  • Listen in to stories for our youngest visitors (ages 3-5) that connect to each month's theme in our Storytime for Littles programming.
  • Learn about the Lenape, NYC's First People, through activities that honor Lenape heritage related to each month's theme.

This Month at the NYC Discovery Lab

 

Drop-in activities do not require registration or ticketing. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available at the ticket desk. Daily admission is free for visitors 19 years old and under, and if you live or work in zip codes 10029, 10035, or 10037. 

Supporters

NYC Discovery Lab is made possible in part by the Rochlis Family Foundation.
This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

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Family Programs are made possible in part by the Family Programs are made possible in part by the Margaret S. Ogden and Stephen A. Ogden Memorial Fund, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Rochlis Family Foundation, and Tianaderrah Foundation.

The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center is endowed by grants from The Thompson Family Foundation Fund, the F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment, and other generous donors.

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