Open House New York is an annual festival that unlocks 300 destinations across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special activities. Look at new buildings transforming the skyline, step inside infrastructure facilities keeping the city running, explore parks offering respite, discover state-of-the-art performance spaces, visit manufacturing workshops, browse private collections, and much 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