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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Long IslandLong Island

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

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10 am – 9 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

ARTECHOUSEChelsea Market

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

Dave-and-Puppet-scaled

10 am

Dinosaur Express

Catskill Mountain RailroadKingston

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 7 pm

New York Renaissance Faire

New York Renaissance FaireTuxedo Park

10:30 am – 3 pm

Live Butterfly Tours

The Nature Center at GreenburghScarsdale

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Secrets of Central Park Scavenger Hunt for Families

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Family
Tours

Central ParkUpper East Side

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors IslandManhattan

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 3 pm

Museum on Wheels: East New York

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Success Community GardenBrooklyn

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12:30 – 2:30 pm

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks™ Live Glow-N-Fire

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

UBS ArenaElmont

Dave-and-Puppet-scaled

12:30 pm

Dinosaur Express

Catskill Mountain RailroadKingston

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

WA Indoors Art Looking down 500 (S)

2 – 4 pm

Watson Adventures’ New York History Mysteries Scavenger Hunt

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

Dave-and-Puppet-scaled

3 pm

Dinosaur Express

Catskill Mountain RailroadKingston

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

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5 – 7 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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6 – 8 pm

Watson Adventures’ High Line Hijinks Scavenger Hunt

The High LineMeatpacking District

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks™ Live Glow-N-Fire

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

UBS ArenaElmont

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