Series Spotlight: Family Friendly

Bring the Kids!

During this year’s OHNY Weekend, it’s easier than ever for families with children to find fun and exciting architecturally themed activities at sites across the five boroughs! All family programs are Open Access and free of charge.

Above: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. Photo: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Top: Gowanus Canal Self-Guided Canoe Trips. Photo: N. Vergalla

Series Description

Doing OHNY Weekend with kids this year? We know what a challenge it can be to plan around tour times with little ones in tow, so during OHNY Weekend more than a dozen partner locations will offer special activities designed specifically for junior explorers—all with drop-in Open Access hours to provide families with lots of flexibility to make sure that you get the most out of your weekend, no tickets necessary.

From arts and crafts and scavenger hunts to kid-friendly tours, the locations listed on this page offer a wide range of fun family-friendly activities. Visit individual listings for details on what and when will be on offer, and when.

Series Lineup

32 Avenue of the Americas Lobby
Tribeca, Manhattan

Alice Austen House
Rosebank, Staten Island

Artshack Brooklyn: Open Studios and Dia De Los Muertos Clay Celebration
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Bayside Historical Society Castle
Bayside, Queens

Church of the Transfiguration
NoMad, Manhattan

Coast Guard Cutter LILAC
Tribeca, Manhattan

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Inwood, Manhattan

Gowanus Canal Self-Guided Canoe Trips
Gowanus, Brooklyn

Lewis Latimer House Museum
Flushing, Queens

Locomotive at Riverside Park South
Upper West Side, Manhattan

Prime Produce: Turtle Team Tour with Beetle Buddies
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan

Print Center New York: Family-Friendly Collage Workshop
Chelsea, Manhattan

Queens Street Names Listening Party
Jackson Heights, Queens

Roulette Intermedium
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
Upper West Side, Manhattan

Tzu Chi Center for Compassionate Relief
Upper East Side, Manhattan

Vander Ende Onderdonk House
Ridgewood, Queens

Voelker Orth Museum
Flushing, Queens

Wyckoff House Museum
East Flatbush, Brooklyn