Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Museums and Playgrounds

Flag Day Parade, Celebration, and Open House at Fraunces Tavern

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Celebrate Flag Day with a parade march with NYPD, FDNY, and various historic societies from the steps of City Hall down Broadway towards Fraunces Tavern, followed by a ceremony and open house (with $1 Admission to museum.)

 

Date: Friday, June 14

Time: 

PARADE ~ 12:00pm
The Parade steps off from City Hall and travels down Broadway towards Fraunces Tavern (exact parade route determined by NYPD day-of).

CEREMONY ~ 12:30pm
The Ceremony takes place in front of Fraunces Tavern (Corner of Broad St. & Pearl St.)

OPEN HOUSE ~ 12:00-5:00pm
Enjoy $1 Admission Museum admission all day long!

Age(s): All ages welcomed

Fee: Free to participate in Parade & Ceremony. $1 Museum Admission

For more information visit their website HERE.

 

 

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Building Time at the Skyscraper Museum

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The Skyscraper Museums Body Buildings

Why are some places more crowded than others? Kids will learn how buildings and open space can balance density and how people live, work, and play throughout the city. Using block, the young architects will explore how New York City got so dense through a series of activities where they build their own neighborhoods. 

Date: Saturday, June 8th

Time: 10:30am – 11:45am

Location: 39 Battery Place – The Skyscraper Museum 

Age(s): 6-8 years old

Fee: $5/child; members FREE.

RSVP is required. To RSVP and and for more information please visit their website HERE

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Exploring Art + Technology Labs: Patterns, Prints & Place at the National Museum of the American Indian

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Exploring Art + Technology Labs: Patterns, Prints & Place

Explore the exhibition T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America and create multimedia projects inspired by T.C. Cannon that examine themes of identity, representation, and place.

Create linocut prints and cool patterns inspired by Cannon’s vibrant backgrounds. Experiment with different perspectives as you print on a variety of materials from paper to textiles.

Date: Saturday, June 1st (and again June 15th)

Time: 1:oopm – 4:00pm

Location: 1 Bowling Green – National Museum of the American Indian (iAC Classroom, 1st Floor)

Age: recommended for ages 9 and up

Fee: Free, with Registering HERE

Fidi Families Insiders: While there, swing by their new exhibit catered towards children: imagiNATIONS Activity Center

For more information and to register please visit their website HERE

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Sail Aboard “The Pioneer” with the South Street Seaport Museum (Monday Sail PROMO CODE)

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Sail Aboard "The Pioneer" with the South Street Seaport Museum (Monday Sail PROMO CODE)

 

The South Street Seaport Museum has launched their sailing season, aboard the schooner known as “The Pioneer”. Enjoy your Memorial Weekend aboard this gorgeous historic schooner.  

Do you know the history of the shipping industry? Board the schooner to learn more, but some fun facts to know, as shared by the SSSM: In the days before paved roads, small coastal schooners such as Pioneer were the delivery trucks of their era, carrying various cargoes between coastal communities: lumber and stone from the islands of Maine, brick on the Hudson River, and oyster shell on the Chesapeake Bay. Almost all American cargo sloops and schooners were wood, but because she was built in what was then this country’s center of iron shipbuilding, Pioneer had a wrought-iron hull. She was the first of only two cargo sloops built of iron in this country and is the only iron-hulled American merchant sailing vessel still in existence.

 

Sail Aboard "The Pioneer" with the South Street Seaport Museum (Monday Sail PROMO CODE)

 

Today Pioneer is an award-winning sail training vessel teaching volunteers of all kinds, traditional maritime skills, and the art of tall ship sailing. Visitors can board Pioneer for 2-hour day and evening cruises as she sails New York Harbor May through October. Pioneer offers special sails and programs and is available for private charter throughout her season.

Sail Aboard "The Pioneer" with the South Street Seaport Museum (Monday Sail PROMO CODE)

 

FiDi Families Insiders: Receive $10 off the individual ticket price, by using promo code: MemorialDay2019

Date: Memorial Day – Monday, May 27th

Sail Time(s): 1 pm & 4 pm sails for the promotion 

Location: 12 Fulton Street for tickets and Pier 16 for boarding

Fee: $32/person (all ages require a ticket) 

Age(s): All ages welcome

For more information and to book your trip visit their website HERE.

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Last Yellow Sneaker Show of the Season at The Museum Of Jewish Heritage

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New Families, New Traditions

Families are invited to join the musical group Yellow Sneaker and their puppet pals. The concert will feature a Jewish holiday or value including: caring for the environment, friendship and love and kindness. Families, musicians and puppets will sing and learn together as a welcoming community.

Yellow Sneaker features the Brooklyn-based performers and teaching artists Ora and Yoshie Fruchter.

Date: Sunday, May 19

Time: 10:30 am

Location: 36 Battery Place – Museum of Jewish Heritage

Ages: Infants – 4 years old

Fee: Free

For more information, please visit here

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