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Saturday Oct. 4, 2025

MoMA Oct Fam Day
10:30 am – 5 pm

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

  • Ages: 3 and up
  • Art
  • Attractions
Museum of Modern ArtManhattan
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10:30 – 11:30 am

Flowers for Skyscrapers

  • Ages: 5 – 8
  • Free
Wagner ParkBattery Park
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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

  • Ages: 3 – 8
  • Art
  • Books & Readings
The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan
Brown Rice Family
Noon – 1 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

  • Ages: 5 – 8
  • Free
  • Music
Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan
Brown Rice Family
1:30 – 2:30 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

  • Ages: 5 – 8
  • Free
  • Music
Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

Sunday Oct. 5

2 – 4 pm

Trial and Error Launch Party

  • Ages: 5 – 12
  • Books & Readings
  • Free
Books of WonderManhattan

Monday Oct. 6

3 – 4 pm

Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month: S.T.E.A.M. Loteria & Piñata Party

  • Ages: 5 – 12
  • Free
  • History & Culture
125th Street LibraryBronx

Saturday Oct. 25

FHL – Halloween
11 am – 2 pm

High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors

  • Ages: 5 – 8
  • Free
  • Halloween
The High LineChelsea

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

  • Ages: 3 – 8
  • Art
  • Books & Readings
The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

Sunday Nov. 9

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1 – 4 pm

Family Program | Songs and Stories

  • Ages: 3 – 8
  • Art
  • Books & Readings
The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

Saturday Dec. 6

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

  • Ages: 3 – 8
  • Art
  • Books & Readings
The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill
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