The Museum of the City of New York is offering virtual field trips for NYC students in grades K-12 for the spring semester, on such topics as women’s suffrage and voting rights and the history of civil rights movement in NYC.
The virtual field trips are available every weekday via Zoom, led by experienced museum educators, and are 45-60 minutes long.
Get a FREE preview of the program on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 5pm. Educators who register are eligible to win a free virtual field trip for their class.
MCNY is closing on Monday, Jan. 11 for a month for emergency repairs to a plumbing malfuction that has affected several floors.
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Topics include:
- City as Canvas: Graffiti Art in NYC
- Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now
- Getting Around: Transportation in New York Then and Now (for young learners)
- Activist New York, which includes materials on youth action in the civil rights movement, health activism and the Young Lords, and the current Movement for Black Lives
All educators who register and attend this program are eligible to win 1 free field trip for their class during the spring 2021 semester! Educators who attend the program can submit their names for our drawing at the end of the night.
Virtual Field Trip Details:
- Virtual field trips are available Monday through Friday starting at 9:30am, 11:00am, and 1:00pm.
- Programs can be 45 or 60 minutes long and are led by experienced Museum educators via Zoom. We will aim to accommodate other platforms if requested.
- Each program costs $120 and can accommodate a maximum of 35 student participants. Other rates for larger groups of students are available. Family members and caregivers are welcome to assist students from the same Zoom accounts.
To learn more and request a reservation for your class, click here.
Questions? Email pd@mcny.org.
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