New York City family weekend planner
Best museums in New York City
Family-friendly museums in New York City: hands-on science, art, history, and children's museums, plus their upcoming free days and family programs. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 10 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming museums
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, June 7, 2026
American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan · $
- Play at BCM · Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Play at BCM · Friday, June 12, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, June 13, 2026
American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan · $
- BCM Closes Early · Sunday, June 14, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn · $
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, June 14, 2026
American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan · $
- Member Monday · Monday, June 15, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Play at BCM · Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Play at BCM · Thursday, June 18, 2026
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, June 20, 2026
American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan · $
Top-rated museums
- Hall des Lumières · New York
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum · New York
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- Banksy Museum · New York City
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art · New York
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- Mmuseumm · Downtown Brooklyn
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- Museum of American Finance · Downtown Brooklyn
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- Museum of Chinese in America · Downtown Brooklyn
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- South Street Seaport Museum · Downtown Brooklyn
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- Fraunces Tavern Museum · New York
- ICP International Center of Photography Museum · Downtown Brooklyn
- Jackie Robinson Museum · New York
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum · New York
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- Museum at Eldridge Street · Downtown Brooklyn
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- Museum of Ice Cream · Downtown Brooklyn
- Museum of Jewish Heritage · Downtown Brooklyn
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- National Museum of the American Indian · New York
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- New Museum · Downtown Brooklyn
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- New York City Fire Museum · New York
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- Skyscraper Museum · New York
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- The Drawing Center · New York
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- Grey Art Museum · Downtown Brooklyn
- Merchant's House Museum · New York
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- The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation · New York
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- The Ukrainian Museum · Williamsburg
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- Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space · Williamsburg
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- New York Transit Museum · Brooklyn
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- Rubin Museum of Art · New York
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- Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
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- Ground Zero Museum Workshop · Long Island City
- Hoboken Fire Department Museum · Downtown Brooklyn
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