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Thursday Sep. 28, 2023

Drag Story Hour, May 2023, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-003

3 – 4 pm

Drag Story Hour

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Saturday Sep. 30

Celebrate the Caribbean 2023, web-res, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-019

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Thursday Oct. 5

Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event at BCM, 09-30-2021, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-025

2 – 5 pm

Anti-Racist Family Day

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Community
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Monday Oct. 9

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-031

10 am – 5 pm

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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