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Tuesday Feb. 17, 2026

10 am – 5 pm

Slime Studio

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Black Future Festival

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 3:30 pm

Celebrate Presidents Week at the Fire Island Lighthouse

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10 am – 5 pm

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

11 am – 3:30 pm

28th New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Sara D. Roosevelt ParkLower East Side

1 – 1:30 pm

MOCAKIDS: LNY Dumpling Extravaganza

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Food & Drink

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

Wednesday Feb. 18

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

Slime Studio

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Black Future Festival

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 3:30 pm

Celebrate Presidents Week at the Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island LighthouseBabylon

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10 am – 5 pm

The Chocolate Makery @ The Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 3 – 12
Festivals
Food & Drink

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

1 – 2:30 pm

Kids Week: Wigwam Gathering and Campfire

Inwood Hill ParkManhattan

1 – 4 pm

Freezin’ Season: Lunar New Year

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Festivals

King Manor MuseumJamaica

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Harriet Tubman Lantern Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Free

St. Ann’s Episcopal ChurchBridgehampton

Thursday Feb. 19

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 5 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Black Future Festival

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 3:30 pm

Celebrate Presidents Week at the Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island LighthouseBabylon

1 – 4 pm

Freezin’ Season: National Women Inventor’s Month

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Free

King Manor MuseumJamaica

1 – 4 pm

Freezin’ Season: National Women Inventors Month

King Manor MuseumJamaica

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Friday Feb. 20

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Black Future Festival

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 3:30 pm

Celebrate Presidents Week at the Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island LighthouseBabylon

1 – 4 pm

Freezin’ Season: Frederick Douglass’ Birthday

King Manor MuseumJamaica

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Saturday Feb. 21

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Black Future Festival

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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Noon – 2 pm

Living History: Prove it on Ma Rainey

Ages: All
Art
Dance

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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