family standing in front of National Mall with Washington Monument in the background

City Guide: 18 Places Kids Will Love in Washington D.C.

Washington D.C., our nation’s capital city, is full of family friendly attractions, historical sites and museums, cultural events, and open spaces to appreciate nature. Many sites are free to explore, thanks to the Smithsonian Institute, and many sites have only a nominal charge.  This week, we’ve updated our City Guide and pulled ALL of our…

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outside the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC

Opened in 1974 on the National Mall in Washington DC, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden features over 12,000 pieces of modern and contemporary art from the personal collection of Joseph Hirschhorn, an industrialist and philanthropist. The cynical shaped museum, designed by Gordon Bunshaft, has two floors of permanent and rotating exhibits that feature a…

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on top of Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Center in NYC

Manhattan City Guide: 31 Family Friendly Attractions

The island of Manhattan, one of the five boroughs in New York City, is home to close to two million people, thousands of hotels and restaurants, and tons of kid friendly activities. We’ve fortunate enough to live just a short drive from Manhattan and have enjoyed exploring many museums, theaters, sporting venues, restaurants, parks, historical…

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view of the Brooklyn Bridge

City Guide: 10 Family Friendly Activities in Brooklyn, NY to Enjoy this Winter

While our family frequently enjoys attractions, museums, and performances in Manhattan, we’ve never ventured across the bridge to the borough of Brooklyn. This past month, we had the opportunity to spend the weekend exploring many cultural attractions in Brooklyn and learning about the city’s rich history.

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entrance to the Brooklyn Museum

Eights Exhibits Kids Will Love at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y.

One of the oldest- and largest- art museums in America, the Brooklyn Museum, located in the heart of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, is home to over 500,000 objects of art from around the world and spanning over 5,000 years of history. The museum originally began as the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library in…

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front entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

10 Exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City Kids Will Love

One of the most famous museums in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located on Fifth Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, part of the famed “Museum Mile”. Founded in 1870, the museum’s collection includes over one and half million pieces of art in forms ranging from paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings to…

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