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Skyscraper Museum - 10:30 AM Pick
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Green-Wood Cemetery - 10:00 AM Pick
Green-Wood Cemetery - 10:00 AM Pick
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MoMA Design Store, Soho - 11:00 AM Pick
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Blue Heron Nature Center at Blue Heron Park - 1:00 PM Pick
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Crotona Park Nature Center - 1:00 PM Pick
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Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
Farmhouse Family Day: Spring Break Adventures at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
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Fort Greene Park Visitors Center - 11:00 AM Pick
Fort Greene Park Visitors Center - 11:00 AM Pick
Farmhouse Family Day: Spring Break Adventures at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
Wyckoff House Museum - 12:00 PM Pick
Paley Family Day: Barbie at the Paley Museum
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The Paley Museum
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AKC Museum of the Dog
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Ailey Citigroup Theater
Ailey Citigroup Theater
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Scarecrows & Pumpkins
Sat Sep 16, 2023 - Tue Oct 31, 2023
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Repeating every week — Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through October 31, 2023.
Also on October 9, 2023.
Also on October 9, 2023.
Various times
Age: All Ages
Price: Free with garden admission
Location:
New York Botanical Gardens
Discover plentiful pumpkins and hordes of gourds by the Mertz Library Building and Haupt Conservatory Plaza, and keep an eye out for displays of whimsical scarecrows throughout the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden.
Peek inside a pumpkin and learn more about this fall fruit. Read an autumn tale from the book box or have a book read to you during story time at 2:30pm on weekends. Pot up your own festive fall plant to take home. Create your own mini self portrait tapestry inspired by the work of multidimensional artist Ebony G Patterson.
Weekdays, 1:30–5:30pm
Weekends, 10am–5:30pm
Read our full review of the New York Botanical Garden for all the reasons we love to visit.
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