NYC Discovery Lab – Art Deco City

When: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 11:00am
A colorful postcard showing the exterior of the Empire State Building towering above other city buildings.
Alfred Mainzer. Midtown Skyline Showing the Empire State Building. 1930s. Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive. Promised gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Join us this month at the NYC Discovery Lab as we explore Art Deco in New York City! Learn about the Art Deco style and its influence on New York City from fashion to architecture every weekend in January with drop-in activities for children ages 5-12 and their grownups! 

Dates: Every Saturday and Sunday in January  

Time: Drop-in anytime between 11am-4pm 

  • Learn about different the rise of Art Deco buildings in the 1930s with a map-based activity. 
  • Learn about the symbols and elements of the Art Deco style, and how Native American designs influenced this art form 
  • Grab a scavenger hunt and find examples of Art Deco in the museum’s galleries. 
  • Design and collage your own Art Deco Building 
  • Create an Art Deco inspired paper headband to wear.   

Museum Admission:
New York State Residents: Pay What You Can 
Children: Free for ages 18 and under
Adults $23/Seniors $18 & Students/$14 – please purchase a ticket online or pay-what-you-wish at the door on the day of your visit. No registration necessary.

Questions? Email familyprograms@mcny.org  

A vintage postcard that reads 'Greetings from New York' with featured New York City skyscrapers.

Related Exhibition - Through February 17, 2025

Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection

Called a "must-see" by the Associated Press, and featuring over 250 postcards as well as decorative arts, fashion, photography, and architectural models, Art Deco City immerses visitors in the dazzling style which defined the modern city.

Supporters

NYC Discovery Lab is made possible in part by the Rochlis Family Foundation.

This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

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Family Programs are made possible in part by the Margaret S. Ogden and Stephen A. Ogden Memorial Fund, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Rochlis Family Foundation, and Tianaderrah Foundation. 

The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center is endowed by grants from The Thompson Family Foundation Fund, the F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment, and other generous donors.  

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