New York City has some of the world’s finest museums. The Met is the city’s answer to Paris’ Louvre, the Museum of Modern Art houses both the recognizable and avant garde, and the Guggenheim has visitors in awe before they step through the doors. The draw of New York’s cultural institutions is obvious to most travelers, but is often underappreciated by the smallest ones. Even the most cultured children often have a hard time staying still and listening to lectures in the halls of world-famous museums.
For parents hoping to engender a real sense of cultural awareness in their children, while keeping them in their element, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan is a godsend. Many of New York Habitat accommodations in the Upper West Side share the Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s blend of cultural and kid cache and are available throughout the year.
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) offers authentic cultural learning experiences, hands-on workshops and kid-friendly performances that range from rowdy pop-rock concerts to calming author readings. CMOM is first and foremost an educational space, and one that mixes fun and learning. CMOM’s exhibits tackle a diverse range of issues from literacy to creativity. The museum boasts a floor dedicated solely to pre-schoolers, exhibits designed to introduce art, science and literature. The museum even has a healthy living programming encouraging good nutrition and daily exercise. In addition to the permanent exhibitions on display, the museum hosts a calendar full of daily drop-in workshops allowing children to explore their creative side or refine their motor skills, all in a supervised and social setting.
Below are a few family-friendly apartments available this spring:
-This 1-bedroom vacation rental apartment in Harlem, Uptown (NY-11526) would be a nice choice for a family looking to experience one of New York’s most famous neighborhoods and enjoy the apartment’s private garden.
– This 2-bedroom vacation rental in Noho, East Village-Lower East Side (NY-12499) will please both parents and kids, alike.
Let us know your favorite exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the comments section below.
This Vacation Rental NY-11526 looks really good because it is located in Harlem and this is convenient to go to the Bronx Zoo. I went 3 years ago with myu children and we had a blast! Great site for kids…
I would love to view this boat. It would be quite something to have accommodations on a boat in New York City. It is kind of expensive, but with enough people it would be great.
The Children’s Museum on the upper westside of Manhattan is a delight and a treat to both parents and their kids. I was once a guest to a fine exhibit of a Greek Painter named Stamos. The kids were besides themselves and was very open and very much interesting in the paintings as well the artist, and some great history of Greece, it’s people and The Great Gods that once ruled.
If I’m going to New York City, I am going to rent an apartment in the city…not stay on a boat in the harbor. I don’t see that as living a New York life at all.
The Children’s Museum in Manhattan is definitely one of my favorite places to take the children while visiting New York City. We spent our vacation in the city two years ago and made our rental accomodations through New York Habitat. The Chidren’s Museum is so interactive the kids didn’t want to leave.
For me actually I really like the petting zoo in Central Park. Kids have a lot of fun and you don’t have to go all the way to the Bronx.
Finally there’s a fanastic way to spend a vacation in New York city, an accommodation on a boat. Bravo to New York Habitat for suggesting it. I’ve slept in many of fine apartments, now it’s time for a fine experience on the sea, while the rest of you sleep on land.
Accomodations on a boat in New York City could be fun…kind of expensive. Does is move, or is it stationary?
Hello Jane,
The Boat is actually stationary. However, you can still feel the boat moving due to the movements of the waves while the boat is in the Harbor.
The boat do travel from town to town but if you decide to rent it as a vacation rental it will stay at the dock.
New York Habitat Team