The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Saturday May 17, 2025

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
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The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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1 – 2:30 pm

Interactive Nature Sculpture Installation

Ages: 3 and up
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L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor. R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.

7:30 – 9 pm

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

Ages: 9 and up
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