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Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Black Vessel: Theaster Gates

"Black Vessel" centers on the ways in which human beings have developed strategies for protection, containment, and gathering. Focusing on the role of clay, craft, and the human hand in creating early technologies, "Black Vessel" connects artist and social innovator Theaster Gates's practice to the endeavor of leveraging skill and ingenuity to make our days…

$15

Tough Sites: Designing for Hard Histories

Join Elizabeth J Kennedy, RLA FASLA, landscape architect and Design Trust for Public Space Research Fellow, as she explores the challenges of designing "tough sites,” locations steeped in culturally charged and contested histories. Kennedy will focus on her ongoing projects, including the Inwood Sacred Site in northern Manhattan. The site, a former African burial ground…

$15
Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

The Big Build

Children and adults will learn side-by-side with roofers, plumbers, designers, artisans, and more at this FREE, hands-on festival celebrating the world we design and build. Kids of all ages will explore a wide variety of unique, interactive activities from professions including plumbing, home remodeling, construction, woodworking, and many more.    From 10 am to 4 pm,…

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Late Night: Boos & Brews

Discover the Museum’s exhibitions while enjoying a variety of activities. Take part in our Spooky History Tours, where you’ll explore haunting legends and chilling tales collected over the decades. Hear stories of the historic site that defy easy explanation and uncover hidden features of this breathtaking structure. Sip on craft brews from local breweries and…

$20
Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Event Series Storytime

Storytime

Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills! Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Building Readers Club Meeting

The Building Readers Club is your guide to explore the world of architecture, engineering, construction, and design found in the pages of children’s books.