Museums are excellent places to visit with children. The best museums have not only educational value, but also entertainment value for kids. That’s why they are the best places to educate, amuse and entertain children.

Touring the art museums in New York City on a rainy day, I was struck by how much better it is to visit museums with children than without them.    

A visit to a museum with children is usually more fun, more educational and less stressful than going without kids. And it’s not just me who thinks so: according to a US study, adults think that an outing with their kids is more important than any other kind of social activity (from visiting friends to a romantic dinner).   

Visiting art museums with kids is great because they are the best places to educate, amuse and entertain children.    

Art museums have been creating shows especially for young kids for years now. They know that some of the most popular exhibits at art museums are family-friendly ones, and they are happy to comply.   

So buck up, if you’re thinking about going out with your family this weekend – you’re in the right place! I’ve listed my favorite New York City art museum activities for kids below – check them out, and

Museums aren’t just for adults. They are some of the best places to educate, amuse and entertain children. Most museums have special activities and events they offer just for children. Some are specifically geared towards toddlers. Some museums even host birthday parties.

Touring a museum with kids is both entertaining and educational. Museums provide kids with a look into the past and can help them understand the present. Some museums allow you to come face to face with history while others take you out of this world with exhibits on space exploration or dinosaurs. Children can learn about art, history, anthropology, science, and more just by touring a museum.

The following is a list of the best museums in the United States. This list includes museums that are great for kids of all ages as well as ones that offer special exhibits just for children.*

Museums have a lot in common with libraries. Both are filled with books, pictures and artworks. They are both places where you can go to educate yourself or relax, have fun and get inspired.

And both of them are great places for children to visit. Museums and libraries are often the best places for kids to learn about the world around them. They are an excellent way of educating children, of amusing them and entertaining them too.

Touring museums is one of the most popular family activities in America. There’s a good reason why they’re so popular. Museums can be fascinating places for all ages, but they are particularly great when visiting with children.”

I’m a huge fan of all the FREE museums in NYC. I have a membership to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and my kids love it. We also visited MoMA, the American Natural History Museum and the Henry Street Settlement several times last year.

Walking around New York City with kids is a lot of fun. It’s also a workout for parents! But we have so much to see and do here that it’s worth the effort.

In our first post on this topic, I shared some of my favorite places to hike with kids in NYC . Several readers commented that there are plenty of free museums in NYC that I hadn’t mentioned, too! We’ve lived in NYC since 2008, but it wasn’t until last year that we started exploring some of them. It can be hard to know where to start with all these museums, especially if you’re not sure what your child will like or how old he or she will be by the time you visit (we have a two year old boy and a five year old girl).

We’ve been visiting these museums more frequently over the past few months and they’re great options for kids – especially outside of school vacation weeks when they can get really crowded. Kids always need things to do! So here are some

A trip to the museum can seem like an exercise in cultural drudgery for both parents and children. It’s a necessary evil, if you will. After all, it’s part of the job description that we as parents have to take our kids to museums from time to time. But how can we make it more worthwhile for everyone?

Well, let’s start with some common sense tips first.

1. Go during off hours – Try to go either late morning or early evening on a weekday. The museum will be less crowded, and you may also find that there are more docents around to answer questions and provide information about the exhibits. And be sure to go on a day when school is not in session as well as weekends. This is an extra bonus for the kids because if they’re in school, chances are they’re getting a lot of art instruction in their regular curriculum anyway.

Museums typically offer free admission on Friday evenings from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.. If your town has several museums, try rotating which one you visit each week so that you can see them all over the course of several months or years!

2. Bring snacks – If your young children are cranky or hungry, they

In the United States, there are more than 56,000 art galleries in the country. But less than half of those are dedicated to fine art and only a fraction of that number are dedicated to showing the work of non-famous artists. The overwhelming majority of art galleries in our country cater to wealthy collectors and tourists looking for a one-of-a-kind souvenir.

In other words, not only is there a gap between public access to art and what the general public wants, but there is also a gap between what’s available to the public and what people “need” to see.

And yet museums continue to be viewed as elitist institutions. The best way to change that perception is by providing free or low-cost access.

Museums offer something for everyone: from entertaining children to educating teens and adults; from entertaining adult couples on date night to entertaining retired adults who want something more intellectually stimulating than television but less complicated than going out for dinner and a movie; from feeding families with young children who need a place to go on cold winter days when the park is closed or too far away or crowded, to inspiring adults who have fallen into bad habits by showing them how much beauty they have been missing all around them.

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The key to a good museum is that it does not look like a museum. Children tend to be bored by displays that are too educational or too much fun – they need things that are both.