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Metropolitan Museum of ArtParent rating:  Location: 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Just to the right of the Main Entrance: sure-fire kid pleaser The Egyptian Wing. Is there any child, anywhere, not fascinated by mummies and tombs? The Met is the perfect place to while ...
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Statue of LibertyParent rating: Location: Liberty Island, Jersey City, NJ France's gift to America is an inspiring sight in the New York Harbor, and can be an inspiring site to visit as well. Of course, it also requires a LOT of stamina and patience, two things most childre...
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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & GardenParent rating:  Location: 421 E. 61st Street, New York, NY This oft-overlooked historic site hosts numerous kid-friendly party and crafting experiences. Owned and maintained by the Colonial Dames of America, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden ... |
Fraunces Tavern MuseumParent rating: Location: 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY Originally built as an elegant home for a prosperous mercantile family in 1719, this landmark structure was one of the finest dining and drinking establishments in New York City prior to and during th...
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Queens County Farm MuseumParent rating: Location: 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Glen Oaks, NY The Queens County Farm Museum is the only working historical farm in New York City. The 47 acre site includes the 18th century Dutch-flavored Adriance farmhouse, a greenhouse complex, barns, an...
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Ellis IslandParent rating: Location: Ellis Island, New York, NY Ellis Island is actually a better experience - for older kids - than The Statu...
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New York AquariumParent rating: Location: Surf Avenue and West 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY Next door to the Coney Island Amusement Park, the New York A...
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Theodore Roosevelt's BirthplaceParent rating:  Location: 28 East 20 Street, New York, NY Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born in this house in 1858, and lived here for the first 14 years of his life. His sisters and his widow furnished rooms in the house t...
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South Street SeaportParent rating:  Location: 12 Fulton Street, New York, NY South Street Seaport covers eleven city blocks, including Piers 15 through 17, and you can wander around the 19th century buildings and get a real feel for this waterfront area, which was the c...
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Fort HamiltonParent rating:  Location: Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY At present, the United States Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarte...
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Edgar Allan Poe CottageParent rating: Location: Poe Park, Grand Concourse & East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY The Poe Cottage was the last home of the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849); he lived here from 1846 to 1849 and wrote The Bells, Eureka, and Annabel Lee whi...
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Louis Armstrong House MuseumParent rating: Location: 34-56 107th Street, Flushing, NY The home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, preserved as it was when he lived there. Guided 40-minute tours leave every hour on the hour (last tour is at 4pm). |
General Grant MemorialParent rating: Location: Riverside Drive & W 122nd Street, New York, NY Also known as Grant's Tomb, the General Grant Memorial is a white marble and granite rotunda perched on a bluff overlooking the Hudson. The memorial is, indeed, the tomb of both Ulysses S. Gra...
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Bayside Historical SocietyParent rating: Location: 208 Totten Avenue, Flushing, NY Tours of the Castle are given on the weekends at 1pm and 3pm |
African Burial Ground National MonumentParent rating: Location: Duane Street and Elk Street, New York, NY In 1991, during the construction of a Federal office building in Lower Manhattan, excavators unearthed the largest colonial-era cemetery for enslaved Africans in America. The African Burial Ground ...
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