Family Programs at the Skyscraper Museum

Family Programs

The Skyscraper Museum hosts a rotating repertoire of Family Programs in which children engage with an educator to explore the principles of urbanism, architecture, and engineering through hands-on activities. We have resumed in-person programs, which are held outdoors and outside the Museum, weather permitting. Indoor programs and hand-on activities take place in the gallery with masks and social-distancing required. Some programs have a hybrid, online option. Please specify how you will attend.

Family Programs meet at The Skyscraper Museum at 39 Battery Place at 10:30am and conclude by noon. The programs are free, but registration is required. Use the RSVP buttons to sign up and you’ll receive further instructions on links and preparing for activities. To sign up for the Family Program newsletter or for more information, email [email protected] or call 212-945-6324. Stay up to date with our Family Program Newsletter. Sign up today!

A video archive of these programs and other educational resources is available on our page LEARNING FROM HOME.

Upcoming

​​Skyscraper Holiday Cards: Supertall!

Sat, Dec 4 at 10:30 AM

High time for the Holidays! Ho, ho, how about celebrating the holiday by making skyscraper-shaped Christmas cards for family and friends? In this event, we will explore the world’s...

Winter Wonderland Skyline Lanterns

Sat, Dec 11 at 10:30 AM

What is more cozy than doing a craft indoors this season? Children are invited to learn about skyscrapers and skylines around the world. To top it off, the workshop...

Be Like Iggy Peck, Become Your Own Architect!

Sat, Jan 8 at 10:30 AM

Join us for this hybrid program which kids can attend either at The Skyscraper Museum or virtually on Zoom. Young learners will be introduced to the basics of architecture...

Planning With Personality!

Sat, Jan 22 at 10:30 AM

Young city planners will learn how architects consider the personality of a neighborhood – what designers call the “sense of place.” In small groups we’ll discuss and design a...

Valentines in the Sky

Sat, Feb 5 at 10:30 AM

Let’s make a special gift for Valentine’s Day or an ornament to celebrate our love of skyscrapers!  After a tour exploring the exhibition Supertall, kids will create Skyscraper Heart Suncatchers,...

Up, Up, Up Skyscraper!

Sat, Feb 19 at 10:30 AM

Young learners will be introduced to the basics of skyscraper construction through a group reading of Anastasia Suen’s picture book Up Up! Up! Skyscraper.  Inspired by the read-aloud and the...

Next Stop, New York City!

Sat, Mar 5 at 10:30 AM

How do you get around your neighborhood? Young learners will be introduced to the many different modes of transportation available in large cities today, including trains, buses, ferries, and...

Skyscraper Monopoly

Sat, Mar 19 at 10:30 AM

The sky’s the limit in our board game, Skyscraper Monopoly! We’ll use the space of the gallery as a big board game where kids can test their knowledge about...

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