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Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York City, New York

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Children may not have a sophisticated understanding of art, but they do love mummies, which you can see when you take your kids straight to the Temple of Dendur upon...

  • Art Museum

  • History Museum

  • Special Collection

Castellani Art Museum

Niagara Falls, New York

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Kids are exposed to the arts in a setting so intimate and comfortable they may not even realize they're in a museum...

  • Art Museum

  • History Museum

  • Special Collection

Niagara's Fury

Niagara Falls, New York

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Not quite ready to let your child go over the Falls in a barrel? ...

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  • Amusement Park

  • Waterfall

The Phantom of the Opera

New York City, New York

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What would you do for love if you've never had it? Winner of seven Tony Awards, The Phantom of the Opera is a timeless Broadway classic about the nature of love, developing one's true talent, and letting love go....

  • Theater

  • Live Music Venue

Walt Whitman State Historic Birthplace Site

New York City, New York

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A sense of Long Island history and culture graces the quaint grounds of American poet Walt Whitman's birthplace home. In these rooms, Whitman conceived his most famous work of art, Leaves of Grass....

  • Special Collection

  • Historical Landmark

Times Square

New York City, New York

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Your kids will stare in awe at the massive billboards amid the neon lights, towering hotels, and high-priced souvenir shops that define Times Square, which is Midtown's leading attraction...

  • Neighborhood

Whirlpool Jet Boats

Niagara Falls, New York

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Kids of all ages would gleefully scream their way through most of this 60 mph ride down the Niagara River, but only those ages 6 and older who are more than 44 inches tall can get on...

  • Rafting

  • Boat Tour

  • Boat Ride

  • Water

Old Fort Niagara

Niagara Falls, New York

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Little hands fly to ears when the costumed soldier points and fires his musket during a demonstration at Old Fort Niagara....

  • Historical Landmark

  • Special Collection

Niagara Power Project - Power Vista

Niagara Falls, New York

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A power generation plant shouldn't be this much fun. Kids touch, pull, crank, twist, and bang their way through science projects and experiments that show how energy and electricity are generated and consumed. "Faster, Mommy! Faster!" said one school-age...

  • Science & Nature Museum

  • Theater

Bronx Zoo

New York City, New York

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Parents' top tips for going to this venerable zoo? Pack light and pack lunch (food options are limited and unappetizing). Taking a ride on the Skyfari -- an elevated tram ride...

  • Zoo

  • Petting Zoo

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