Free Kids Events in NYC This Weekend

All free kids events happening in NYC this week — library storytimes, museum workshops, park programs, and community events across every borough.

3133 events · Upcoming

Sun · Apr 12
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12:00 pm

Performance: Spellbound Theatre

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Free w/ admission
12:00 pm

Weekend Walk-In! Workshop: Woven Landscapes

Staten Island Museum

Free w/ admissionAges 0–10
12:00 pm

Family Science Workshop: Down to the Riverbed

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’d
12:00 pm

Family Art Workshop: Paper Flowers for Spring

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’d
12:30 pm

Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’dRSVP required
1:00 pm

Gilded Age Glenview: Historic Home Tour

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’dRSVP required
1:00 pm

Planetarium Shows

Newark Museum of Art

Ticket req’dAges 5–12
1:00 pm

April Family

Newark Museum of Art

Free w/ admission
1:30 pm

Photography Workshop for Teens: Human Imprint on the Environment

Hudson River Museum

Free w/ admission
2:00 pm

Migratory Birds of New York City

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Free w/ admission
2:00 pm

Planetarium Shows

Newark Museum of Art

Ticket req’dAges 5–12
2:00 pm

Create Ability: Color Experiment

Museum of Modern Art

Free w/ entryRSVP required
2:00 pm

Science Show!

Bronx Library Center

FreeAges 3–12
2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Grand Concourse Library

FreeAges 0–5
2:30 pm

Family Storytime

Kingsbridge Library

FreeAges 0–3
2:45 pm

Landscape Watercolor Painting

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Free w/ admissionAges 0–4
3:00 pm

Chess Club for Kids with Chess Chevra

Far Rockaway Library

FreeAges 6–11
3:00 pm

Gilded Age Glenview: Historic Home Tour

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’dRSVP required
3:00 pm

Planetarium Shows

Newark Museum of Art

Ticket req’dAges 5–12
3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library

Free

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Last updated: March 30, 2026