Saturdays and Sundays, 1–4 pm
Free with Museum Admission
All ages

Young magicians can check out a special Summer of Magic-themed History Detective briefcase in our DiMenna Children's History Museum and use it to explore the exhibition!  Each briefcase is chock full of activities that invite families to draw, discuss, interpret, and even do a little magic of their own. At the end of your visit, simply return it!

Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 pm.
Free with Museum Admission

Luce Galleries
Launches April 29, 2017; Saturdays and Sundays, holidays, and public school vacation weeks
Free with Museum Admission

Calling all history detectives! Check out a History Detective briefcase on our fourth floor to accompany you on your visit, and start exploring our expansive new Luce Center. Families will be on the case discovering the past through games, sketching, and activities in our new fourth-floor galleries. Each free briefcase provides a variety of fun, interactive family centered challenges. At the end of your visit, simply return it!

Luce Galleries
Launches April 29, 2017; Saturdays and Sundays, holidays, and public school vacation weeks
Free with Museum Admission

Calling all history detectives! Check out a History Detective briefcase on our fourth floor to accompany you on your visit, and start exploring our expansive new Luce Center. Families will be on the case discovering the past through games, sketching, and activities in our new fourth-floor galleries. Each free briefcase provides a variety of fun, interactive family centered challenges. At the end of your visit, simply return it!

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for all ages

Calling all history detectives! Check out a free History Detective Briefcase from the Membership Desk and use it to explore the Luce Center on the 4th floor, with its fascinating array of historical artifacts. Each briefcase provides fun, interactive, family-centered challenges—like games, sketching, and other activities—that help you discover even more about the past. At the end of your visit, simply return it to Membership!

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for all ages

Calling all history detectives! Check out a free History Detective Briefcase from the Membership Desk and use it to explore the Luce Center on the 4th floor, with its fascinating array of historical artifacts. Each briefcase provides fun, interactive, family-centered challenges—like games, sketching, and other activities—that help you discover even more about the past. At the end of your visit, simply return it to Membership!

School’s out! Stop by the New-York Historical Society on your days off to go on a historical scavenger hunt that will take you up, down, and all around the Museum discovering fascinating artifacts. Look for an old-fashioned cockroach trap, a wooden leg belonging to one of the Founding Fathers, and turn of the 20th-century toys and games. 

School’s out! Stop by the New-York Historical Society on your days off to go on a historical scavenger hunt that will take you up, down, and all around the Museum discovering fascinating artifacts. Look for an old-fashioned cockroach trap, a wooden leg belonging to one of the Founding Fathers, and turn of the 20th-century toys and games. 

School’s out! Stop by the New-York Historical Society on your days off to go on a historical scavenger hunt that will take you up, down, and all around the Museum discovering fascinating artifacts. Look for an old-fashioned cockroach trap, a wooden leg belonging to one of the Founding Fathers, and turn of the 20th-century toys and games. 

Welcome to the Big Apple! This month we’ll be reading stories that take us all around New York City.

Under New York written by Linda Oatman High and illustrated by Robert Rayevsky

The New York City skyline is easily recognized around the wrold, but there is so much more to this city than its buildings. Join us as we head below street level and discover a whole other side of this bustling metropolis!

From the 17th to the 21st century, through fact and fiction, hear tales of New York City and the people who made it great.