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Best New Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Spring 2012: 6 Awesome Installations for Families

4/22/12 - By Stephanie Ogozalek

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We've already told you about the best family theater shows and kids' concerts happening this spring. Now we turn our attention to the season's top new museum exhibits for our cultured kids.

While all of our winter exhibit picks are on view through the spring, including New York Hall of Science's interactive Animation , the Children's Museum of the Art's gleeful Love from Mt. Pom Pom and Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence at the American Museum of Natural History, there is a whole new crop of cool exhibitions. From a pair of nifty baseball retrospectives to an über-creative installation in a landmarked Bronx mansion to a hands-on pattern display at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, here are six super exhibits for New York City kids this spring.

About the Author

Stephanie Ogozalek

Stephanie was only eight-years-old when she watched Rhoda Morgenstern attempt to toss her hat into the air in the middle of a busy, '70s NYC street. She knew right away that she had to live there. Nearly 40 years later, Stephanie does live here, is married with a son, and can’t imagine residing anywhere else. In addition to being mom and all the “jobs” that come with that title, she is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the magazines Saveur, Chile Pepper and Family Fun, and on Disney’s website Go.com.

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