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American Museum of Natural History – The American Museum of Natural History is a “must-see” for your visit with kids to New York. The gigantic Barosaurus dinosaur in the museum rotunda is impressive, but you might also want to rush to see the Star of India, biggest sapphire in the world (Hall of Gems), or a 4.5 billion year old meteorite (Hall of Meteorites). More wonders of the natural world include amazing dioramas of big mammals and ocean life, or the boggling collections of dinosaur fossils. To find out more of the natural world in and around New York, check out the Alexander White Science Center (with live animals), and on the 3rd floor, New York State mammals and birds exhibits (Central Park is perfect for bird watching). Take in a show at the IMAX LeFrak Theater, and the Hayden Planetariaum in Rose Center for Earth and Space.
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Sleepover at the Museum – Children ages 8 -12 and parents, “A Night at the Museum.” Explore the museum in the dark with flashlights and sleep under a giant blue whale, or among Alaskan brown bears and mountain lions. Click here for more information. |
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Tip: This museum is large and there’s so much cool stuff to see, allow plenty of time, don’t rush through it. Use your New York CityPass, no waiting in ticket lines. |
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 Playground – Across from the museum in Central Park is the Diana Ross playground, at 81st St. and Central Park West. Little kids can play on the climbing structures and swings, water play area in summer. |
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Children’s Museum of Manhattan – The museum has plenty of hands-on activities for kids of all ages, from infants to bigger kids. Toddlers can “drive” a NY fire truck or mail truck, paint on a wall, build a city, have fun in the water play area (summers), bigger kids can explore with Dora the Explorer, and older kids will find out about the Trojan horse and other myths and legends of ancient Greece. |
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Lincoln Center – Lincoln Center, home of the Metropolitan Opera and other music and dance companies, has a wonderful selection of family events. During your visit, attend family concerts, ballet productions of Swan Lake or Cinderella, salsa dancing, puppet shows, juggling, African drumming and dancing for kids. Click here for the ballet schedule, or family events at Lincoln Center. |
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Fun food – |
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Alice’s Tea Cup (102. W 73rd St.) – Kids will enjoy “wee tea” with scones, homemade graham crackers, cookies and milk, sandwiches with homemade peanut butter and fruit preserves, chocolate mousse. (Pureed baby food is also available.) |
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Zabar’s – If the weather is good, take a picnic out to Central Park. Zabar’s, the ultimate deli, is a West Side favorite, with everything under the sun (really) for a picnic – sandwiches made to order (tons of ingredients to choose from), bagels and cream cheese, sweets, cookies, and more. |
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Shopping – |
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For teens, there's lots of shops with fun clothes and shoes on Broadway. Start at around 63rd St. and walk north. |
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A little girl takes her grandmother to the American Museum of Natural History. She shows Grandma the cool dinosaur fossils (the dinosaurs are even older than Grandma), safari animals in Africa, marine life under the ocean, rocks, gems and unusual insects. (Picture book)
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Start
with New York City and step back in time – on this spot, 400
years ago it was a great forest, 15,000 years ago wooly mammoths
roamed the rocky hills, 20,000 years ago it was covered in ice,
190 million years ago dinosaurs munched on plants, 370 million years
ago, New York was under a tropical ocean. (Picture book)
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(More children's books on other New York City pages) |
