The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Saturday April 19, 2025

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Sounds of Nature

Earth Rocks! 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-081

10 am – 5 pm

Earth Rocks!

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Portraits_fig_13_Belle_Greene_1911_I Tatti White_701480

10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

11 am – noon

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Community

Bellmore Movies and ShowplaceBellmore

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 2 pm

Photos with the Easter Bunny

Ages: All
Art
Easter

Costello’s ace hardware of farmingdaleFarmimgdale

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 1 pm

The Met Opera’s Spring Open House

Ages: All
Art
Comedy

The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Waking Up the Farm

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

Spring Open House

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Comedy

The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan

Open Studio_A family makes art together, 2023. Photograph by Filip Wolak.

11 am – 3 pm

Whitney Museum Open Studio 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Whitney Museum of American Artchelsea

Noon – 2:30 pm

Disco Glow Kids Party

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions

Let’s Glow TogetherLong Island City

Sunday April 20

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

wave-hill_Family-Art-Project-Sounds-of-Nature_credit-Joshua-Bright

10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Sounds of Nature

Portraits_fig_13_Belle_Greene_1911_I Tatti White_701480

10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Noon – 2:30 pm

Disco Glow Kids Party

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions

Let’s Glow TogetherLong Island City

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