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Attractions near Jewish Children's Museum: Brooklyn Children's Museum Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Museum

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As well as visiting the Jewish Children's Museum, check out these trip ideas to make the most of your visit: Top 5 Tips for Visiting the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Top 5 Tips for Visiting Gantry Plaza State Park Top 5 Tips for Visiting Williamsburg

Jewish Children's Museum - What To Know BEFORE You Go

The Basics

Children discover famous biblical stories, learn about Jewish traditions and customs, and dive into Jewish history through the museum’s exhibitions. Kids get hands-on and interact, whether it's by climbing on a gigantic Shabbat table, shopping at a kosher supermarket, taking part in a cooking class in the kosher kitchen, or discovering traditional handicrafts in ashtetl holiday village. Other activities include a 6-hole miniature golf course, a rock climbing wall, and a games gallery.

Things to Know Before You Go

The museum is aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 10, but many exhibitions are interesting for older children and adults too.
Tickets include full access to all exhibitions; children under 2 are free.
Plan around two hours to take in all the exhibits.
There is a cafe and kosher restaurant on site.

Trip ideas

Williamsburg

Home to all things hip, Williamsburg is known for its eclectic shops, street art, and waterfront parks. Dig a bit deeper and you’ll find some surprises, too.

Top 5 Tips for Visiting the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights

A visit to Dyker Heights is a New York wintertime tradition, with both New Yorkers and out-of-state visitors flocking to this otherwise sleepy corner of southeast Brooklyn to admire its extravagant holiday light displays.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

With more than 2 million pieces spanning 5,000 years of global history, The Met is your one-stop shop for artistic inspiration.

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This massive museum houses nearly 200,000 modern and contemporary works by art-world superstars such as Picasso and Warhol.

Central Park Zoo

Admire wild creatures—from sea lions to snow monkeys—at this urban zoo in the heart of New York City.

Bleecker Street

A Bohemian stronghold for decades, this Greenwich Village thoroughfare bustles with students, partiers, and comedy fans.

Gantry Plaza State Park

This 12-acre park winds past the East River waterfront and offers standout NYC skyline views, plus easy access to Long Island City and Astoria.

MacDougal Street

MacDougal Street runs straight through the heart of Greenwich Village and is a stomping ground for NYU students. Head here for great counter-service eats and killer comedy clubs.

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Canal Street

Cutting through Chinatown, this bustling thoroughfare is a bargain shoppers’ dream, with everything from NYC souvenirs to designer knockoffs.

Things to Do with Kids in Brooklyn

Other spots in Brooklyn that keep kids entertained include Prospect Park, with highlights including walking trails, a boating lake, and Prospect Park Zoo. On the water, Brooklyn Bridge Park has numerous picnic areas, cycling paths, and playgrounds. There is also the nearby Brooklyn Children’s Museum; the children’s space at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch; and Coney Island amusement park.

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