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A Guide to Train Exhibits, Museums, and Rides for Kids in the NYC Area
Take a trip with your family to a railroad museum or train exhibit in the New York City area, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, and beyond, where young and old train lovers can ride trains and explore the scenic area aboard a train. (read the story...)

Inclusive Activities and Events for Children with Special Needs in NYC
New York City offers countless cultural events and fun kid-friendly activities for all families, including those of children with special needs. Visit the museums, local community centers, and more for special programming that is created with your child with special needs in mind. (read the story...)

Family Outing: Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan
The Museum of Mathematics, or MoMath, opened Dec. 15 in Manhattan. This dynamic and interactive museum, which focuses on enhancing public understanding and perception of math in daily life, is the first of its kind in the country. (read the story...)

Family Outing: Katonah Museum of Art
The Katonah Museum of Art in Bedford, NY, is a non-collecting museum that hosts about a dozen art exhibits each year and corresponding programs for kids and families such as guided tours, story times, art programs, family days, and school vacation programs. (read the story...)

American Museum of Natural History Presents Our Global Kitchen Exhibition
How do you talk to your kids about food, and all the complicated things that go along with it? The American Museum of Natural History, a great museum for kids in Manhattan, has a new exhibition called Our Global Kitchen that will help you talk about food, history, and tradition with your kids. (read the story...)

Harry Potter and the Times Square Exhibit
Harry Potter: The Exhibition returns to NYC's Times Square for a five-month run, featuring first-round favorites such as the Sorting Hat and Hogwarts' Great Hall as well as many new artifacts from the iconic films. (read the story...)

Get Free Museum Admission on Sept. 29
During Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day Live!, you can get free admission to participating museums in the NYC area and beyond. (read the story...)

Family Outing: New York Hall of Science
Explore the intriguing world of science with games, sports and hands-on activities at New York Hall of Science. NYSCI also hosts World Maker Faire in September where hundreds of young inventors demonstrate their innovative creations. (read the story...)

Spiders Alive! Exhibition Opens at American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is running a new exhibition from July 28 until December 2, 2012, showcasing approximately 20 species of live spiders, and highlighting the animal’s anatomy, behavior, and unique characteristics. Visitors will learn about the anatomy, history, and defense mechanisms of spiders, and will also see live spiders up close. (read the story...)

Military Families Get Free Admission to Blue Star Museums this Summer
Active duty military and their family members can enjoy free admission to 70 museums, cultural centers, and historical sites in the NYC area this summer through the Blue Star Museums program. (read the story...)

CT Open House Day
June 9 is the 8th annual Connecticut Open House Day, when museums and cultural establishments all over CT will roll out the red carpet, offering free admission and special incentives. (read the story...)

SPY Exhibit Hits NYC with Plenty of Kid-Friendly Features
SPY: The Secret World of Espionage opens at Discovery Times Square in NYC, giving kids and families a fun and interactive peek into the world of CIA intelligence. (read the story...)

Jewish Children's Museum Unveils New Exhibit: A Voyage Through Jewish History
Brooklyn's Jewish Children's Museum opened its new-and-improved fourth floor, which now houses a fun and interactive exhibit that takes kids on a journey through Jewish history and culture. (read the story...)

Family Outing: Mystic, Connecticut
Take the family to nearby Mystic, Connecticut, a coastal New England town with a big history, small-town charm, and maritime culture. Read on for exciting descriptions of such Mystic attractions as the Pequot Museum, the Mystic Aquarium, Mystic Seaport, and much more. (read the story...)

Family Outing: Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Celebrates National Craft Month with Family Activities
Check out some great family and children's craft activities scheduled this March at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum on Long Island. (read the story...)

Max Schumann Exhibit Opening at Taxter & Spengemann 11/19
Max Schumann cut his teeth in that moment and on that end of the political spectrum, consorting with such critical culture brokers as Bread and Puppet Theater, Paper Tiger Television, The Cheap Art Collective and Printed Matter. It is from this fevered brow that he springs, but as these radical politics are a birthright and second nature there is also another generational layer steeped in critique and Deconstructionism-- -a cool detachment, a ready laugh, a sense of fatalism and an attraction to the knowing cynicism of Punk and the nihilistic gore/bodycount of heavy metal. Schumann's extensive knowledge of the machinations of global power structures breezes past the Logic of Late Capitalism and confronts the reality of Early Doom. (read the story...)

Family Travel: The Kid-Friendly Side of Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, is not only home to a myriad of kid-friendly museums and sites, but it also comes alive during October with free festivals, events, and special exhibits for the entire family. And with the city's tourism office running a "Bmore Happy" campaign to help you find the happiest places to explore in Baltimore, your trip has never been easier to plan. (read the story...)

Family Day Trips and Destinations in NY, NJ, CT, MA, and PA
Indoors and out, from museums and parks to festivals and beaches, this list has something for everyone, all within easy traveling distance from the New York metro area. You'll find family attractions in New York state (including Long Island), New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. (read the story...)

Family Travel: Celebrate America in Washington, DC
Find family-fun activities in our nation's capital. (read the story...)

The Long Island Maritime Museum Celebrates a 122-Year Milestone
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The Family Side of New Orleans
Famous for its wild Mardi Gras parties, vibrant multiethnic culture, and jazz music, New Orleans, Louisiana, might not seem to be the spot for a great family vacation. But dubbed “The Big Easy,” this city is a charming Southern belle boasting a culture that is unique, music that is truly inspiring, cuisine to die for, fun-for-all entertainment, and an intriguing history. (read the story...)

King Tut Exhibition Comes to Discovery Times Square Exposition this April
"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" will open in New York City on April 23, 2010, marking the first time a collection of treasures from the young pharaoh's tomb has visited the city since the groundbreaking 1979 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (read the story...)

RITE NOW: SACRED AND SECULAR IN VIDEO Opens At The Jewish Museum 9/13
Rite Now: Sacred and Secular in Video will be on view from September 13, 2009 through February 7, 2010 in The Jewish Museum's Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center. In the past decade, contemporary artists have taken video in new directions. (read the story...)

ICP Presents Their Miroslav Tichy Exhibit 1/29-5/9
The first North American museum exhibition of the photography of the mysterious and reclusive Czech artist Miroslav Tichý will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from January 29 through May 9, 2010. (read the story...)

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Presents ONE PART HUMAN, Opens 1/9
With its exhibition, One Part Human, The Feldman Gallery brings together artists who explore the tension between human and technological capabilities in today's scientific society. (read the story...)

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