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Learning About Art With the Kids
In New York City
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The Museum of FIT
Elizabeth Hawes: Along Her Own Lines
227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
Suitable for
Teens
The first contemporary exhibition dedicated to the gifted American clothing designer, author, and labor activist, Elizabeth Hawes (1903–1971). The show opens at a crucial moment when Hawes is especially relevant, because her activism and innovative philosophies correspond to the concerns of today
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court
1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Suitable for
Teens
Explore the red-and-white wall in this glass-covered room was the Met's original front entrance. It opened onto Central Park so that visitors could pull right up in their horse-drawn carriages!
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New-York Historical Society
Krystyna Doerfler Focus Gallery
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA
Suitable for
Teens
Experience John James Audubon's spectacular watercolor models for the 435 plates of The Birds of America (1827–38) with their corresponding plates from the double-elephant-folio series
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
European Paintings
1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Suitable for
Young Kids, Teens
The frames in these galleries open on to views of all kinds. Just look around to be inspired by one of the most famous collections of paintings by European artists from the 1200s to the 1800s
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Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
Cecile Chong: _Other Nature
898 St Nicholas Ave, New York, NY 10032, USA
Suitable for
Young Kids
This installation illuminates perspective, supports contemplation, and challenges action to heal the damage done by the commerce-driven imposition of social, political, and physical barriers
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Museum of Broadway
Museum of Broadway, 145 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036, USA
Suitable for
Teens
