Fun for Kids in New York City!

Children’s Museum of Manhattan
Gods, Myths and Mortals:
Discover Ancient Greece
May 2007 – December 2008
Ages 6 and older

“Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece” will take you on a journey through the world of ancient Greece. The great gods Zeus, Poseidon and Athena themselves grace you with their presence and lead the tours. After hearing about their powers and responsibilities, take an on-screen personality quiz to determine which mythological character you are most like.

Act out the great battle of Troy and climb inside a 12-foot-tall Trojan Horse. After that, you can brave the trials as described in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. You will journey to rocky caves and open seas, escape from crawl-through Cyclops Cave and sing like Siren in the Sirens Karaoke Cove. You choice your own adventure, and at the end your personalized on-screen Hero Record from the journey is emailed home.

Visit the gymnasium and oikos (home) to discover which skills were most valued by young boys and girls in ancient Greece. You can armwrestle ancient Greek champions, test your best leap against their jumpers. After leaning how ancient Greek women lived in myth and daily life, compete against Athena in a virtual weaving contest.

Dora the Explorer
Ages 2–6Explore with Dora! The adventurous Latina heroine guides children and adults through her tropical world. Climb through the Pyramid and learn to count from 1 to 10 in English and Spanish. Slide from Boots’s Treehouse, play “hide and seek” in the Rainforest, help Diego care for rainforest animals, build a bridge over Crocodile Lake and join the fiesta at Dora’s House. At the end of your adventure, sing the “We Did It!” song with Dora and Boots. All this as parents learn how their children learn!
Sponsored by Nickelodeon

Little West Side
Ages 4 and youngerWelcome to the Little West Side, where CMOM’s smallest visitors rule the town. Tell time at the clock tower, learn colors at the grocery store, “drive” the mail truck to the post office, build the city skyline, or relax with a good book. CMOM’s Little West Side gives children the opportunity to build literacy and math skills through every day locations.

TIP FOR A MORE ENJOYABLE VISIT:
Avoid the coat check line!
Consider leaving your stroller at home.

The Fire Zone is New York City’s state-of-the-art fire-safety learning center.

At the Fire Zone the whole family can learn about the power of fire. You can climb on a real fire truck, try on bunker gear, meet a real-life firefighter and learn to crawl through a smoke-filled hallway, even in the dark. The whole family can also learn to identify hazards in your home, and help make an escape plan. At the Fire Zone you’ll have a first-hand experience in respecting fire and learn what to do in an emergency.

Through a variety of hands-on exhibits and multimedia presentations, visitors are immersed in a unique experience where everyone become part of the firefighting team. Every member of the family will realize they can play a major role in preventing fires.

At the Fire Zone, visitors are led into a Simulated Fire scene. Through real life testimonies, they learn how easily fires can start, and how quickly they can spread, and most importantly, how an escape plan could get them to safety. At the end, you exit through a darkened, smoke-filled hallway to a predetermined meeting place.

The meeting place is the Empowerment Zone. Families are urged to take what they’ve learned and apply it in their own homes. Each visitor leaves with the materials necessary to eliminate fire hazards and create an escape plan for their family.

Although home fires are the leading cause of fire deaths in the nation, they are also the easiest to prevent. Studies prove there is a link between fire-safety education programs and a reduction of fires. Programs like the Fire Zone that raise public consciousness and change unsafe behaviors can make the difference between life and death. So bring the whole family for a crash course in fire safety, at the Fire Zone!

The Prince & the Magic Flute at Puppetworks

as produced at the Smithsonian Institution
adapted for Marionettes by Nicolas Coppola
(recommended for ages 4 and up)
September 1 - December 23, 2007

Performance Times for the General Public
Every Saturday & Sunday
at 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.

Admission for a CHILD is $7; an ADULT $8
GROUPS of 20 or more, $5 per person



The Puppetworks, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation, established 1980 in New York City by a group of theatre artists under the direction of Nicolas Coppola, and dedicated to preserve and present Classic Puppet Theater entertainment, with special emphasis on the hand-carved wooden Marionette.