ERIKA KAPIN PHOTOGRAPHY / Kids Week

Looking for things to do with the kids while they’re off for February break? The Intrepid Museum in New York City has lots to keep them entertained from February 17-24 during Kids Week. There’s a full itinerary packed with fun STEAM activities, NASA displays and exhibits, live animal shows, hands-on workshops, performances, special guests and interactive demonstrations.

THE INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM

February 17-19 is dedicated to NASA and space exploration; February 20-21 has an emphasis on arts, culture and music; and February 22-24 is centered around safari, nature, science and engineering.

Kids Week will feature planetarium shows and a variety of displays and demonstrations from NASA. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will highlight NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (ScaN), and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will showcase their planetary missions. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will have Mars, Earth and Exoplanet-themed exhibits. Kids can also meet a NASA astronaut and hear a firsthand account of what life is like in space.

SHARON CAPLES McDOUGLE

Some of the highlights during the week, which vary each day, include meeting Sharon McDougle, a former Space Shuttle escape equipment crew chief and suit tech who will tell visitors all about the orange spacesuit in her children’s book “Suit Up For Launch With Shay!” You can also listen to author Tami Lewis Brown read “Perkins Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color With Chemistry” and “Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded The Future.

Learn how to stargaze in NYC. Check out the LEGO-inspired model of the museum and LEGO robots. Kids can make their slime (courtesy of Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream) and build toothpick structures, too!

GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW

Catch a showing of The Gazillion Bubble Show or Blue Man Group on site. As part of a special program, learn about educational activities at the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and New York Aquarium and take part in a hands-on activity. Play a special version of Go Fish! and learn about the Hudson River. Members of the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance will lead an interactive crafting project to explore the rhythms of Latin culture.

INTREPID SEA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM

Not only is all of this nearby in Manhattan, but it’s free with admission! Tickets are free for kids under 4, $26 for kids ages 5-12, $34 for college students and seniors 65+, and $36 for adults ages 13-64; discounts are available for NYC residents. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided on February 18, 21 and 24.

The Intrepid Museum is located at Pier 86 on W. 46th St. and 12th Ave. in New York, NY. Museum hours are 10 am – 5 pm every day through March 31 (hours are extended during spring and summer). Check out the full schedule and itinerary online.

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