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Friday Aug. 8, 2025

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Build-A-Boat

11 am – 1 pm

Build-a-Boat

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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3 – 9 pm

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Ages: All
Attractions
Expo

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Saturday Aug. 9

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

ERYN HATZITHOMAS

9 am – 5 pm

Taiwan: A World of Orchids

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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10 am – 9 pm

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Ages: All
Attractions
Expo

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Celebrate the Caribbean

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

🎊 Celebrate the Caribbean

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

MOCACREATE: Summer Sun Prints with Teaching Artist Yu Rong

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Sunday Aug. 10

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

ERYN HATZITHOMAS

9 am – 5 pm

Taiwan: A World of Orchids

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

MCO-M10R6173-3.2-600×400

10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

Ages: All
Attractions
Expo

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

Kosher Wonderland a Big Eats and Jumbo Treats Journey 1

10 am – 5 pm

Kosher Wonderland at the Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
History & Culture

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

2 – 3:30 pm

Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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5 – 9:30 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Monday Aug. 11

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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