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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

MLK 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-020

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

BAMkids Celebrates MLK Day: If You Can’t Be the Sun, Be a Star!

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
History & Culture

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

Movie Night at the Banksy Museum

Art
Film

banksy museumnew york

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