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Friday Jan. 2, 2026

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10 – 11 am

Calm Christmas Carousel presented by 34th Street Partnership

Double-Decker Christmas Carousel

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10 am – 5 pm

Space Glide at the New York Hall of Science

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

New York Hall of ScienceCorona

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10 am – 9 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 3 pm

Open Call to Artists: BHS 25th Annual Winter Art Show

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

10 am – 10 pm

Ice Skating at Roebling Rink

Roebling RinkBrooklyn

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Intrepid Museum

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10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

10:30 am

Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf

The Argyle Theatre at Babylon VillageBabylon

Spin The Wheel – Image Only

11 am – 4 pm

First Visitors of the Year

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – noon

Children’s Access Workshops

Ages: 5 – 12
Dance
Family
Special Needs

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingUpper West Side

11 am – noon

Kids Week: Animal Charades

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

DeMatti Park Fieldhouse in De Matti ParkStaten Island

Warm Up on Frosty Fridays

11 am – 4 pm

Warm Up on Frosty Fridays!

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Find the Yeti

11 am – 4 pm

Find the Yeti

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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11 am – 4 pm

ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION

Art

Perelman Arts CenterNew York NY

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11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever!

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Music
Theater

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Planetarium Laser Show: The Beatles

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

December School Vacation Week: Train Tales and Crafts

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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Noon – 7 pm

ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Noon – 5:30 pm

Gazillion Bubble Show: A Holiday Spectacular

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Family
Holiday

New World Stages

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

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Noon – 6 pm

Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand

The Paley Museum

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

Noon – 6 pm

PaleyLand

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Paley Museum

Noon – 4 pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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12:30 – 1:30 pm

In Motion Workshops: For children ages 8-12

Ages: 9 – 12
Dance
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingUpper West Side

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