Children's Museums

Brooklyn, NY
First museum created expressly for children when it was founded in 1899. Its success has sparked the creation of 300 children's museums around the world.

Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is a not-for-profit institution, founded in 1973, to engage children and families in a partnership of learning through interactive exhibits and educational programs. CMOM inspires children and families to learn about themselves and our culturally diverse world through the arts, literacy, media & communications, science & the environment and early childhood education.

Founded in 1988, CMA is New York City's only hands-on art museum for children. Our Mission is to create opportunities for children, aged 1 to 12 years old, to reach their full potential in the visual & performing arts. Every day children work with paint, glue, paper and recycled materials to paint, sculpt, build and imagine.

The Museum has created a learning experience that makes it fun for children to learn about Native Americans.  Children can go inside a tipi, touch the artifacts, play Indian games, and actively participate in learning about the life and culture of the American Indians.

28 interactive stations of the exhibition, visitors explore five phases of the immigrant experience: Why Move? Where to Go? What to Take? New Beginnings, Helping Each Other, Change and Influence.

Features hands-on exhibits focusing on Jewish holidays, biblical history, the land of Isreal and contemporary Jewish life.

Sends teachers to China and Japan during the summer.