History & Culture in NYC

History & Culture events in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

ERYN HATZITHOMAS

9 am – 5 pm

Taiwan: A World of Orchids

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

9 am – 5 pm

The 35th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

10 am – 1 pm

Basket Weaving & Hand Stitchery

Ages: 3 and up
Classes
Community

The Greater Westhampton Historical MuseumWesthampton Beach

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – 5 pm

Celebrate the Caribbean

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

3 – 10 pm

Bankra Caribbean Culture Festival 2025

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Archie Spigner ParkJamaica

Sunday Aug. 10

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

ERYN HATZITHOMAS

9 am – 5 pm

Taiwan: A World of Orchids

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

9 am – 5 pm

The 35th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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

11 am

43rd Annual National Dominican Day Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

National Dominican Day ParadeManhattan

2 – 3:30 pm

Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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2:30 – 4:30 pm

Heroes & Villains Lower Manhattan Walking Tour

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4 – 6 pm

CCCADI’s 7th Annual Afribembé Festival at Harlem Week 2025

Ages: All
Community
Dance

General Grant National Memorial (Grant’s Tomb)New York City

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