NYC: Children's Museum of Manhattan

The morning of our last full day in NYC, I decided to venture up to 212 West 83rd for a visit to the Children's Museum of Manhattan. I'd been considering taking Kate there while we were in the city, but then when I realized there was a bee-bim bop activity (as part of the museum's celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month), I was all over it! (However, I will say I thought there was going to be a little more to the project, but that's OK. It was still very cute.)

Anyway, Kate thoroughly enjoyed herself. I thought that maybe our membership to the children's museum here in Atlanta might get us in for free, but I found out that the level at which I renewed said membership was not quite high enough. Last year, however, we could have taken full advantage of the reciprocal program. That's OK, though, because regular admission to the Children's Museum of Manhattan is even cheaper than regular admission to the children's museum here, if you can believe that! (And you can ... because it's true.)


After a looooong walk and a little bit of drama in finding the place, we arrived ... and with plenty of time to make a bee-bim bop collage. Pretty cute! (Bee-bim bop is a Korean dish.)


Here's Kate working on her craft. Another idea to go along with this would be to somehow incorporate the book Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park.


This sand area was a hit! I really liked the layout of the museum. There were different floors, and this particular floor featured activities for the little ones. (The main-entrance floor had exhibits for older children.)


I thought this huge Lite-Brite-like toy was pretty cool.


Here's Kate having a ball!


Colorful blocks


FDNY truck


On the next floor down, there was a really neat Dora and Diego exhibit.


We were actually almost ready to go when I realized there was a whole water-play area outside.


There was lots of fun to be had, for sure!


This girl loves to splash and play in the water.


She didn't want to leave. I must say, it was a very cool setup.


This contraption was really neat--the kids could follow little floaty things all the way down the tubes (or whatever they are) to the end of the line.


Getting ready to leave--yes, there was a meltdown (or two) ...

Kate and I highly recommend the Children's Museum of Manhattan!