The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: Snapology

Ages: 3 – 12
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10:30 am – 6:30 pm

ICP Community Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

Govenors IslandManhattan

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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1 – 6 pm

Long Island Oyster Jamboree

Ages: 5 – 12
Festivals
Free

Smith Point County ParkShirley

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

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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

Family Art Hour: Image Transfer Collage and Exquisite Corpses

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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