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Saturday Jan. 31, 2026

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1 – 4 pm

RECESS!! Epic Interactive Family Fun at a Surreal Playground!

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Empire OutletsSaint George

1 pm

Super Family Saturday: Lunar New Year

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Nassau County Museum of ArtRoslyn Harbor

WA Indoors Art Looking down 500 (S)

2 – 4 pm

Watson Adventures’ MoMA Mania Scavenger Hunt

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

Sunday Feb. 1

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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9 am – 5 pm

Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

_FLYER_Tu BiShvat 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-121

10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Tu BiShvat

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Digging into the Soil Science of George Washington Carver

Ages: All
Art
Family

Wave Hill HouseThe Bronx

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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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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Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

The Winter Show 2026

Noon – 6 pm

The Winter Show

Art
LGBTQ+

Park Avenue ArmoryUpper East Side

**Igloo2_sm

1 – 4 pm

RECESS!! Epic Interactive Family Fun at a Surreal Playground!

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Empire OutletsSaint George

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4 – 6 pm

NEW DATE: Color Factory: “NEW YEAR, NEW HUE” NIGHT

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Color Factory New YorkBrooklyn

Monday Feb. 2

Ruth-Asawa-Tamarind-Prints-front-cover-241×300

All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Screenshot 2025-10-17 at 12.04.53 PM

All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

Screenshot

9 am – 5 pm

Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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