Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Weekend Fun in FiDi

Swedish Midsummer Festival in Wagner Park (FREE)

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Swedish Midsummer Festival in Wagner Park (FREE)

 

One of our most favorite events in Battery Park…the Swedish Midsummer Festival! Enjoy this unique celebration of the summer solstice. Learn traditional Swedish folk dances from Barnklubben Elsa Rix and join in lively dance around the Midsummer pole. Make wreaths from beautiful flowers representing those in bloom on the solstice in Sweden. Enjoy a parade, children’s games, and Swedish delicacies. Traditional music by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Insitute in Minneapolis. Dances led by Ross Sutter, Scandinavian folklorist. 

Date: Friday, June 21st

Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: 20 Battery Place – Robert F. Wagner Park

Fee: Free

Age(s): All ages welcome

For more information please visit the website HERE.

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Family Adventure in New York Harbor

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Family Adventure in New York Harbor

 

This summer, take the family on a trip they will NEVER forget — right from the heart of FiDi!

New York Media Boat’s Adventure Sightseeing Tours will take you and your young adventurers on a high-speed ride through New York Harbor. Cruise on the same boats that TV and film crews book to capture breaking news, sharks, seals, whales and iconic shots of New York City!

This 90-minute trip is the #1 tour in NYC on TripAdvisor and was designed by a professional photographer. The Coast Guard-licensed captains who narrate the tour are experts at positioning the boat for the perfect shot.

Departing daily from Brookfield Place, the tours start on the Hudson, with great views of the World Trade Center, Chelsea Piers, the Highline, the Empire State Building, Hudson Yards, and The Vessel. After a stop at the Intrepid, it’s back down the Hudson and around the Battery to the Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport, and the downtown heliport.

A pause under the Manhattan Bridge near Brooklyn Beach gives you the chance to take amazing photos of the Brooklyn Bridge against the Manhattan skyline.

After passing Governors Island, the boat zips toward the Statue of Liberty, providing one of the best photo ops on the tour, before heading back into port.

NYMB’s Adventure Sightseeing Tour is perfect for kids age 6 and up. Private boats are available for groups up to 14. Put an Adventure Sightseeing Tour together with all the great food at Brookfield Place for a birthday party they will always remember.

For schedule and pricing, please visit NYMediaBoat.com or call 347-789-0588. We hope to welcome you aboard!

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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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