9 Free Events for Kids in New York This Weekend

Updated August 2026 — 9 free events for kids in New York this weekend — free admission, no tickets needed. Includes Icarus Proudbottom’s Typing Party…

Updated August 2026

Kids activities in New York

• Icarus Proudbottom’s Typing Party — 26 Mar 2026 · Museum of the moving image · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
• Celebrating the Year of the Horse — 17 Feb 2026 · The Met · Ages all-ages
• Children’s Garden Classes — 3 Apr 2026 · Brooklyn Botanic Garden · $38–$445 · Ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-16
• Dig! Plant! Grow! — 4 Apr 2026 · New York Botanical Garden · Ages 0-5, 6-11
• The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics — 19 Jan 2026 · The Met · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
• People Making Power: Politics in Brooklyn — 31 Oct 2025 · Brooklyn Public Library · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
• Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930 — 24 Jan 2026 · The Met · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
• The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered — 5 Feb 2026 · Brooklyn Public Library · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
• Peggy Weil: Core Memory — 7 Mar 2026 · Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Ages 6-11, 12-16
• Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew — 16 Mar 2026 · The Met · Ages all-ages
• Frida and Diego: The Last Dream — 21 Mar 2026 · Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages