Kids Programs

  • Girl Scouts- Nice Neighbors

    Girl Scouts- Nice Neighbors

    Daisy Girl Scouts can earn their Good Neighbor Badge by discussing what it means to belong to a community and then exploring their own communities with the National Building Museum in one of our signature city design activities!

  • Storytime

    Storytime

    Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills!

  • Just Drop In!

    Join us for a fun drop-in craft where kids become designers of a giant collaborative brick wall!

  • CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    Why is food security so important—and what does food mean to you? If you could design a can sculpture, what would it look like and why? And just how hard is it to build with can-shaped objects? Explore these questions with our CANstruction drop-in activities!

  • Storytime

    Storytime

    Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills!

  • CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    Why is food security so important—and what does food mean to you? If you could design a can sculpture, what would it look like and why? And just how hard is it to build with can-shaped objects? Explore these questions with our CANstruction drop-in activities!

  • CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    CANstruction Drop-In Activity

    Why is food security so important—and what does food mean to you? If you could design a can sculpture, what would it look like and why? And just how hard is it to build with can-shaped objects? Explore these questions with our CANstruction drop-in activities!

  • Storytime

    Storytime

    Storytime is FREE and packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills!

Celebrate Your Child’s Birthday at the Museum

Provide an unforgettable birthday at the Museum for your children and their friends! Birthday parties at the Museum are 1.5 hours long and for children ages 3-8 (depending on theme). There is one morning (10am-11:30am) and one afternoon (1:30 pm-3pm) slot available on select Saturdays and select Sundays. Parties are a National Building Museum membership benefit and are available only to Family-level members or higher.