7 galleries for kids in Manhattan, 3 free. Art spaces with family programs. Includes Abrons Arts Center and Arsenal Gallery.
A Lower East Side arts center with free contemporary art galleries, theaters and studios, run by Henry Street Settlement. Families can visit exhibitions and attend performances and community arts events.
A small free gallery on the third floor of the Arsenal, NYC Parks' headquarters inside Central Park near the zoo. Rotating shows often explore nature, parks and the city, making it an easy art stop during a Central Park outing.
A seasonal arts center on Governors Island where resident artists work in open studios and exhibitions fill the galleries. Families can drop into free hands-on art-making workshops led by visiting artists.
An East Harlem artist collective founded in 1969 that runs a gallery and the Rafael Tufiño Printmaking Workshop. Families can see Puerto Rican and Latino art and look for community printmaking workshops.
A historic Harlem nonprofit art center with a gallery and low-cost community workshops in watercolor, printmaking, clay and crochet. Teens and families can join zine-making sessions and family art days tied to exhibitions.
Once a year, dozens of working artists at the EFA Studio Center in the Garment District open their studios to visitors, and the building's gallery and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop are open too. It's a chance for curious kids to see how artists actually work.
Columbia's free art gallery on the top floor of the Lenfest Center in Manhattanville, with contemporary and historical exhibitions. Families can use downloadable kids activity sheets and join sketch sessions tied to the shows.
LittleGotham lists 7 galleries for kids in Manhattan.
Yes. 3 of 7 are free to attend, including Arsenal Gallery, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, Wallach Art Gallery.
7 listings are indoors, such as Abrons Arts Center, Arsenal Gallery, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island.
Lower East Side (1), Hamilton Heights (1), Governors Island (1).