Farmhouse Tours: Curing a Cold in the 1890s
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
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Morton Arboretum - various times
Morton Arboretum - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show: Spectrum of Spring
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Sloomoo Institute of Chicago
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
Brookfield Zoo Free Days
Brookfield Zoo - various times
Brookfield Zoo - various times
Of the Earth
Morton Arboretum - various times
Morton Arboretum - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show: Spectrum of Spring
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Sloomoo Institute of Chicago
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
Destination Discovery Story Time at The Field Museum
Field Museum - 10:30 AM
Field Museum - 10:30 AM
Of the Earth
Morton Arboretum - various times
Morton Arboretum - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show: Spectrum of Spring
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Lincoln Park Conservatory - various times
Sloomoo Institute of Chicago
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
Sloomoo Institute - Chicago - various times
The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
The Escape Room Chicago - various times
Farmhouse Tours: Curing a Cold in the 1890s
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
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Brookfield Zoo - various times
Brookfield Zoo - various times
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - various times
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - various times
Chicago Irish Film Festival
AMC New City Theatre - various times
AMC New City Theatre - various times
Farmhouse Tours: Curing a Cold in the 1890s
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
Klein Creek Farm - 10:00 AM
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Maggie Daley Park Ice Skating Ribbon - 10:00 AM
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Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier - 11:00 AM Pick
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier - 11:00 AM Pick
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Oak Forest Park District - 8:30 AM
Oak Forest Park District - 8:30 AM
Rosemont Restaurant Week 2025
Parkway Bank Park - 10:00 AM
Parkway Bank Park - 10:00 AM
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Three Stories Books - 12:00 PM
Three Stories Books - 12:00 PM
Maple Sugaring at Kline Creek Farm
Kline Creek Farm - 1:00 PM
Kline Creek Farm - 1:00 PM
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Open House New York

Photo by Ben Helmer
Fri Oct 18, 2024 - Sun Oct 20, 2024
- see all dates
Repeating every days through October 20, 2024.
Various times
Age: Ages 3 and up
Price: Most free
This year's Open House NYC once again offers a hybrid of virtual experiences, self-guided explorations, and in-person tours. Enjoy food trucks, pop-up eateries, outdoor activations, and more.
More than a dozen partner locations offer special activities designed specifically for junior explorers—all with drop-in Open Access hours to provide families with lots of flexibility to make sure that you get the most out of your weekend, no tickets necessary. From arts and crafts and scavenger hunts to kid-friendly tours, family-friendly locations offer a wide range of fun family-friendly activities.
Visit individual listings for details on what and when is on offer, and when.
Series Lineup:
- 32 Avenue of the Americas Lobby Tribeca, Manhattan
- Alice Austen House Rosebank, Staten Island
- Artshack Brooklyn: Open Studios and Dia De Los Muertos Clay Celebration, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
- Bayside Historical Society Castle Bayside, Queens
- Church of the Transfiguration NoMad, Manhattan
- Coast Guard Cutter LILAC Tribeca, Manhattan
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Inwood, Manhattan
- Gowanus Canal Self-Guided Canoe Trips Gowanus, Brooklyn
- Lewis Latimer House Museum Flushing, Queens
- Locomotive at Riverside Park South Upper West Side, Manhattan
- Prime Produce: Turtle Team Tour with Beetle Buddies Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
- Print Center New York: Family-Friendly Collage Workshop Chelsea, Manhattan
- Queens Street Names Listening Party Jackson Heights, Queens
- Roulette Intermedium Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
- Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre Upper West Side, Manhattan
- Tzu Chi Center for Compassionate Relief Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Vander Ende Onderdonk House Ridgewood, Queens
- Voelker Orth Museum Flushing, Queens
- Wyckoff House Museum East Flatbush, Brooklyn
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.