11 museums for kids in the Bronx, 3 free. Exhibits and family programs. Includes Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum and Bronx Children's Museum.
An 1836 Greek Revival mansion with formal gardens inside Pelham Bay Park. Guided tours show kids how a wealthy 19th-century family lived, and the grounds are great for a picnic.
The borough's first children's museum, with hands-on galleries where kids explore Bronx nature, culture and communities through building, pretend play and art-making. Sessions are timed, so families book a morning or afternoon block.
A community arts center and gallery on the Bronx River offering after-school and Saturday art classes for kids and teens in pottery, printmaking, comics and more. Exhibitions spotlight local and emerging artists.
Housed in a former schoolhouse on City Island, this small museum covers the island's boat-building, sail-making and oystering past with models, photos and navigation tools. Kids under 12 visit free.
The small cottage where Edgar Allan Poe spent his last years and wrote 'Annabel Lee,' restored with period furnishings. A quick visit that suits older kids reading Poe, with Poe Park's visitor center next door.
Inside a 19th-century fort on the SUNY Maritime campus, this free museum displays ship models, navigation instruments and shipping history. Families get free parking and water views of the Throgs Neck Bridge.
A 1758 fieldstone farmhouse that now tells the story of the Bronx from farmland to modern borough through rotating exhibits. It sits beside Williamsbridge Oval park and playground.
A contemporary art museum on the Grand Concourse focused on artists connected to the Bronx and its diverse communities. Families can wander bilingual exhibitions and join free weekend art-making and community events.
The oldest building in the Bronx, a 1748 Georgian manor in Van Cortlandt Park where George Washington stayed during the Revolution. Kids explore colonial rooms and learn about the people, free and enslaved, who lived and worked on the estate.
Weekend drop-in art-making at Wave Hill's historic house, where families create projects inspired by the gardens, nature and science. Storytime is added on the first and third Saturdays, and the gardens and river views make it a full outing.
A university art gallery in the Bronx that hosts free inclusive family programs about eight times a year, combining exhibition tours with hands-on art-making like collage. Sessions are typically on Sunday mornings.
LittleGotham lists 11 museums for kids in the Bronx.
Yes. 3 of 11 are free to attend, including Lehman College Art Gallery Family Programs, Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler, The Bronx Museum.
11 listings are indoors, such as Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bronx Children's Museum, Bronx River Art Center.
Concourse (2), Pelham Bay Park (1), Fordham (1).