Featured Programs

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Apr 13,2012 - Apr 20, 2012

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FRI 13

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Extended Spring Break Hours: 9:30am-5:00pm!

09:30, for All ages

Come and spend the day with us!
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Paper Ma-Shaping Fun

11:30, for 5 and under

Explore the “green” side of sticky, gooey papier-mâché and create your craft to take home.
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Meet and Greet: Creatures of the Sea

12:00, for All ages

Touch a sea star, pet a sea urchin, feel a hermit crab dance across your hand. Discover how diverse life really is under the sea and learn how to help preserve their habitats!
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Water, Water, Every Where

01:30, for 4 and up

Explore how natural marshes help to keep oceans clean, then build dams in our Neighborhood Nature exhibit to study the effects of rerouting natural waterways.
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Paper Ma-Shaping Fun

02:30, for 5 and under

Explore the “green” side of sticky, gooey papier-mâché and create your craft to take home.
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Live Animal Encounter: Endangered Animals

04:15, for All ages

Learn about and touch live animals from the Museum’s living collection, including animals who are threatened by habitat loss, pollution, and poaching.

SAT 14

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Extended Spring Break Hours: 9:30am-5:00pm!

09:30, for All ages

Come and spend the day with us!
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Celebrate Earth Festival!

10:00, for All ages

Try your hand at running the Museum’s geothermal heating system to keep the Museum warm, give our bamboo zoetrope a spin, and use solar panels to harness the power of the sun!
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Storybook Movie Time

11:30, for 5 and under

Watch and dance along to The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed in the Commons Theater!
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Meet and Greet: Creatures of the Sea

12:00, for All ages

Touch a sea star, pet a sea urchin, feel a hermit crab dance across your hand. Discover how diverse life really is under the sea and learn how to help preserve their habitats!
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Cultural Connections Performance: Climbing PoeTREE

01:00, for All ages

Climbing Poetree brings us Hurricane Season: The Hidden Connections in Water. This performance draws vital connections between shared struggles and common solutions. Earning praise such as, “Rhythmic and uplifting. There is something in their voices so refreshing yet timeless,” Climbing Poetree gives a performance you won’t forget! Sponsored by Tiger Baron.
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Live Animal Encounter- Chickens in the Garden!

01:00, for All ages

Drop by the garden and meet the chickens of BK Farmyards! These soft red beauties will eat greens out of your hand or sit in your lap if you dare!
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Hello, Tree!

02:30, for 5 and under

Why are trees important? Explore why trees are important for our planet and how they help our environment and ecosystem. Learn to identify parts of a tree and how they grow. Plant your own tree to take home and use bark to create a beautiful work of art.
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Cultural Connections: Celebrate National Poetry Month Open Mic

02:30, for 5 and up

Are you a young poet? Join us at our kick-off event for Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s Earth Poetry Contest!* Use your budding lyrical skills to create some amazing poems about the Earth and perform them for your friends and family on our Open Mic. Made possible by Tiger Baron.

*Brooklyn Children's Museum's Earth Poetry Contest is open to Ages 5–18 years old
To submit your poem about planet Earth, email it to poetrykids@brooklynkids.org anytime between now and Monday, April 30th!
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Roving Animalsr: Native Critters

04:15, for All ages

Learn about and touch live animals from the Museum’s living collection. Meet local animals who call New York City home.