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NYC Kids: Virtual Field Trips for Spring Semester

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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 … [Read more...] about NYC Kids: Virtual Field Trips for Spring Semester

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on January 6, 2021 | Updated January 6, 2021 Filed Under: Family Fun · NYC Museums Tagged With: Museum of the City of New York· virtual field trips

NYC Free: Museum Day Admission Sept. 21

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  Get FREE admission to nearly 20 NYC museums, plus 1500 more in all 50 states, on one day only, next Sat., Sept. 21, for the 15th Annual Smithsonian Museum Day. You can't just walk in to any museum. You must download a special free admission ticket. Each free ticket is good for two people, for general admission, but does not include special exhibits or … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Museum Day Admission Sept. 21

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on September 13, 2019 | Updated September 13, 2019 Filed Under: Daily Deals · Family Fun · NYC Free · NYC Museums Tagged With: Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum· Museum Day Live· Museum of the City of New York· National Museum of the American Indian· Smithsonian

NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21

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Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this mid-July weekend, including celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the big OZY Fest in Central Park. There's so much to see and do in NYC and never enough time to see and do it all. All events are FREE and family-friendly, unless otherwise noted. The … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 18, 2019 | Updated July 18, 2019 Filed Under: Brooklyn · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks Tagged With: AMNH· Bryant Park· Intrepid Museum· Museum of the City of New York

NYC Free: Museum Mile Festival 2019

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Save the date for the 41st Annual Museum Mile Festival, next Tuesday, June 11th, when Fifth Avenue from 82nd St. to 103rd Streets becomes NYC's biggest street fair, with music, food, activities for the kids, and FREE admission to the world-class museums that give Museum Mile its name. This year's participating institutions include: El Museo Del Barrio, Museum of the City of … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Museum Mile Festival 2019

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 4, 2019 | Updated June 8, 2020 Filed Under: Expired Tagged With: Asia Society· Cooper Hewitt· El Museuo del Bario· FreeInNYC· Guggenheim Museum· Jewish Museum· Met Museum· Museum of the City of New York· Neue Galerie· SavetheDate

Smithsonian Free Museum Day on 9/22/18

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  Save the date: More than 1,300 museums in all 50 states are offering FREE admission on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, for the 14th Annual Smithsonian Museum Day Live! event. Important - you can't just walk in to any museum. Museum Day Live free admission requires a special admission ticket, also free, which you can download starting August 15, 2018. The annual … [Read more...] about Smithsonian Free Museum Day on 9/22/18

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 6, 2018 | Updated August 15, 2018 Filed Under: Daily Deals · NYC Free · NYC Museums Tagged With: Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum· Museum Day Live· Museum of the City of New York· National Museum of the American Indian· Smithsonian

NYC Free: Museum Mile Festival 2018

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The 40th Annual Museum Mile Festival is tomorrow, turning Fifth Avenue from 82nd St. to 105th Streets into New York City's biggest block party, with music, food, activities for the kids, and more. The street fair is FREE, and so is FREE museum admission to ten world-class museums that give Museum Mile its name, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Museum Mile Festival 2018

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 11, 2018 | Updated June 11, 2018 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best of NYC · Family Fun · Festivals · NYC Museums · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Asia Society· Cooper Hewitt· El Museuo del Bario· FreeInNYC· Guggenheim Museum· Jewish Museum· Met Museum· Museum of the City of New York· Neue Galerie· SavetheDate

NYC Honors MLK 50th Anniversary

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April 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and there are several NYC special events and museum exhibits honoring his legacy, including his association with New York City. MLK 50th Anniversary Museum Exhibits King in New York This exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York traces the civil rights leader’s encounters with New … [Read more...] about NYC Honors MLK 50th Anniversary

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 3, 2018 | Updated April 3, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · NYC Museums Tagged With: Black History Month· Museum of Art and Design (MAD)· Museum of the City of New York· New York Historical Society· NYPL· Schomburg Center

NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Mar. 23-25, 2018

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Your weekend plans begin here, with more than a dozen FREE and cheap things to do this first weekend of Spring and final weekend of March, including the March For Our Lives to protest gun violence in our schools, a panel of writers and educators discussing the tremendous achievements of feminist activism in New York City, and Luna Park opens for the season in Coney Island with … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Mar. 23-25, 2018

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 23, 2018 | Updated March 26, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Jewish New York · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC Free · NYC Museums Tagged With: AMNH· Architectural Digest Design Show· Coney Island· Coney Island Cyclone· Downton Abbey Exhibit· Jewish Museum· Luna Park· Museum of the City of New York· Women's History Month

NYC Must See Exhibit: Women’s Political Activism

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Discover a century of women’s political activism in New York City. Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics traces women’s political activism in New York from the 19th century struggle to win the right to vote, through issues of equality, justice and voting rights issues still in the headlines today. 2017 is the 100th Anniversary Suffrage Movement, which … [Read more...] about NYC Must See Exhibit: Women’s Political Activism

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 19, 2017 | Updated October 21, 2017 Filed Under: Autumn in New York · Best of NYC · NYC Museums Tagged With: Museum of the City of New York

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