Brooklyn Children’s Museum Programs
PS 189 The Bilingual Center, 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213
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Brooklyn Children’s Museum Programs include activities such as Play at BCM, Storytime with Michele Wong McSween, Little Chefs: Build-a-Burger Workshop, an Encanto Sing-Along, Drag Story Hour, Celebrate Juneteenth, and Lavender Blues: The REMIXES. The museum is open for play and features exhibits including AirMaze, toddler-favorite Totally Tots, The NEST, Neighborhood Nature, World Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Voices.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm
Founded in 1899, Brooklyn Children’s Museum is described as the world’s first children’s museum and as New York City’s largest cultural institution designed especially for families. Its mission states that it creates experiences that ignite curiosity, celebrate identity, and cultivate joyful learning, inspired by the energy of Brooklyn. Exhibits and programs are grounded in visual arts, music and performance, natural science, and world cultures, with interdisciplinary and inquiry-based learning connected to the museum’s collection. The museum describes a focus on sensory learning through hands-on, physical experiences, appreciation of culture and community with attention to socio-emotional learning and interpersonal relationships, stimulating parent-child dialogue and providing family resources, and empowering children to think of themselves as agents of community change and to inspire responsible and civic engagement.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum reports that it serves 300,000 children and caregivers annually with its exhibits and programs. It states that it serves all families regardless of ability to pay, builds community for parents and children, reaches beyond its walls into schools and other neighborhoods, uses local vendors and supports small businesses, employs Brooklyn residents and pays 100% of health premiums for staff, their spouses, and dependents, and provides space and shares resources with other Brooklyn-based community-based organizations.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm
Founded in 1899, Brooklyn Children’s Museum is described as the world’s first children’s museum and as New York City’s largest cultural institution designed especially for families. Its mission states that it creates experiences that ignite curiosity, celebrate identity, and cultivate joyful learning, inspired by the energy of Brooklyn. Exhibits and programs are grounded in visual arts, music and performance, natural science, and world cultures, with interdisciplinary and inquiry-based learning connected to the museum’s collection. The museum describes a focus on sensory learning through hands-on, physical experiences, appreciation of culture and community with attention to socio-emotional learning and interpersonal relationships, stimulating parent-child dialogue and providing family resources, and empowering children to think of themselves as agents of community change and to inspire responsible and civic engagement.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum reports that it serves 300,000 children and caregivers annually with its exhibits and programs. It states that it serves all families regardless of ability to pay, builds community for parents and children, reaches beyond its walls into schools and other neighborhoods, uses local vendors and supports small businesses, employs Brooklyn residents and pays 100% of health premiums for staff, their spouses, and dependents, and provides space and shares resources with other Brooklyn-based community-based organizations.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
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