Things to do on Columbus Day 2015 in USA! These are some important things we can do on the Columbus Day!
1. At the American Museum of Natural History immerse yourself in butterflies at this tropical live exhibit
2. Ride this sparkly, brand-new aquatic carousel in Battery.
3. It’s opening weekend for several of our top picks, including Superheroes in Gotham at the New-York Historical Society, which will keep its doors open Monday, October 12, just for the holiday.Spark the kids’ creativity by taking in some of the city’s best fall art exhibits.
4. Celebrate Architecture and Design month at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, which opens an hour earlier for the school holiday, with your preschooler.
5.The Hunger Games exhibition at Discovery Times Square.Or let your tween embrace that inner rebel with a visit to the Lego stores' elaborate displays provide building inspiration.
6. Little builders can tinker away at the littleBits Soho maker space—we hear Halloween activities are on tap Monday—or at one of the city’s Lego shops.
7. Finalize your Halloween costume and event schedule.
8. Cozy up to some wildlife: the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo are all open on Columbus Day.
9. Take one last spin on the rides at Coney Island’s Luna Park where its Halloween Harvest fest offers a spooky carnival setting over the weekend and Monday with crafts, face painting, gigantic pumpkins and more.
10. Get lost among the shelves at our favorite local bookstores like Books of Wonder, Greenlight and Strand; come back for baby and kid story hour later this month.
11. Explore one of the city’s many kid-friendly neighborhoods with our NYC Neighborhood Guide.
12. Go to the movies. We recently reviewed one, but there are a couple of other family flicks in NYC theaters now, including Pan and Hotel Transylvania 2.
13. Or grab a free screening of Goosebumps on Staten Island with Rooftop Films.
More than 40 life-size dinosaur replicas await at this park.
14. Venture out of the city for one of these 39 fall day trips like the Dinosaur Place in Connecticut or a Hudson Valley hike.
15. Tackle a corn maze just 90 minutes away, or right here in Queens (yes, it's open Columbus Day).
16. Pick the perfect pumpkin.
17. Hit one of these NYC trails to take in autumn’s changing leaves. Let the kids pick the post-walk sweet treat at one of these decadent dessert spots.
1. At the American Museum of Natural History immerse yourself in butterflies at this tropical live exhibit
2. Ride this sparkly, brand-new aquatic carousel in Battery.
3. It’s opening weekend for several of our top picks, including Superheroes in Gotham at the New-York Historical Society, which will keep its doors open Monday, October 12, just for the holiday.Spark the kids’ creativity by taking in some of the city’s best fall art exhibits.
4. Celebrate Architecture and Design month at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, which opens an hour earlier for the school holiday, with your preschooler.
5.The Hunger Games exhibition at Discovery Times Square.Or let your tween embrace that inner rebel with a visit to the Lego stores' elaborate displays provide building inspiration.
6. Little builders can tinker away at the littleBits Soho maker space—we hear Halloween activities are on tap Monday—or at one of the city’s Lego shops.
7. Finalize your Halloween costume and event schedule.
8. Cozy up to some wildlife: the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo are all open on Columbus Day.
9. Take one last spin on the rides at Coney Island’s Luna Park where its Halloween Harvest fest offers a spooky carnival setting over the weekend and Monday with crafts, face painting, gigantic pumpkins and more.
10. Get lost among the shelves at our favorite local bookstores like Books of Wonder, Greenlight and Strand; come back for baby and kid story hour later this month.
11. Explore one of the city’s many kid-friendly neighborhoods with our NYC Neighborhood Guide.
12. Go to the movies. We recently reviewed one, but there are a couple of other family flicks in NYC theaters now, including Pan and Hotel Transylvania 2.
13. Or grab a free screening of Goosebumps on Staten Island with Rooftop Films.
More than 40 life-size dinosaur replicas await at this park.
14. Venture out of the city for one of these 39 fall day trips like the Dinosaur Place in Connecticut or a Hudson Valley hike.
15. Tackle a corn maze just 90 minutes away, or right here in Queens (yes, it's open Columbus Day).
16. Pick the perfect pumpkin.
17. Hit one of these NYC trails to take in autumn’s changing leaves. Let the kids pick the post-walk sweet treat at one of these decadent dessert spots.
