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Dec 26,2008 - Jan 02, 2009

  • DEC
    FRI 26
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      Winter Recess—MUSEUM OPEN

      10:00, for All ages

      The Museum will be OPEN from 10am to 5pm on this NYC public-school holiday. Come play with us!

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      Festival of Light

      10:30, for All ages

      When school’s out, the Museum is the in place to be!  From Friday, December 26, through Wednesday, December 31, enjoy a six-day celebration of light and culture, with different programs each day that explore holidays which incorporate lights and other seasonal themes, such as dreams, wishes, and winter.

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      Holiday Decorations

      11:30, for 5 and under

      Create your own special holiday keepsake to take home!

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      Lighted Wonders

      11:30, for 6 and up

      Candles play an important part in many holiday traditions. Come discover how combustion and candles work, and make your own candle from natural beeswax and cotton.

       

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      Winter Mobile of Creativity

      12:30, for All ages

      Children and adults can make an original work of art, add it to the Museum’s cooperative sculpture, and watch the mobile come alive with wondrous lights, crystals, shapes, and colors.

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      Tunnel of Thanks

      12:30, for All ages

      Using colorful ribbons, visitors can write or draw what they’re thankful for—from family and friends to playing together and having fun.

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      When You Wish upon a Starfish

      12:30, for All ages

      At the beach in the new Neighborhood Nature exhibit, families can inscribe wishes for the world—from less pollution to an end to wars—on paper starfish and watch the wishful colony grow.

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      Snowflake Festival

      01:00, for All ages

      Join us in the new Children’s Library, where you can help create a snowflake wonderland, or cuddle up with your family and read a warm holiday story!

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      A Child’s Christmas in Wales

      02:30, for All ages

      Enjoy the U.S. debut of this cartoon version of Dylan Thomas’ classic story, about a young boy who wants to know what Christmas was like years ago.

      Presented by the Welsh Assembly Government.

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      Holiday Decorations

      02:30, for 5 and under

      Create your own special holiday keepsake to take home!

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      Linked by Lights

      02:30, for 6 and up

      Gleaming lights shimmer in many homes during December, celebrating holidays that cherish joy, hope, and family.  Explore the symbol of light in the stories and traditions of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and decorate a holiday candle-holder to take home!

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      Lighted Wonders

      03:00, for 6 and up

      Candles play an important part in many holiday traditions. Come discover how combustion and candles work, and make your own candle from natural beeswax and cotton.

       

    • REMIND ME

      Snowflake Festival

      03:00, for All ages

      Join us in the new Children’s Library, where you can help create a snowflake wonderland, or cuddle up with your family and read a warm holiday story!

    • REMIND ME

      Winter Mobile of Creativity

      03:30, for All ages

      Children and adults can make an original work of art, add it to the Museum’s cooperative sculpture, and watch the mobile come alive with wondrous lights, crystals, shapes, and colors.

    • REMIND ME

      Tunnel of Thanks

      03:30, for All ages

      Using colorful ribbons, visitors can write or draw what they’re thankful for—from family and friends to playing together and having fun.
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