Teachers and CMOM

Learn at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan

For over thirty years, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan has been an exciting destination for children to discover new ideas and stretch the imagination. Each year, 350,000 museum visitors participate in a school field trip, a family visit, a professional development session or an outreach program.

Exhibitions at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan are created and built by a team of education specialists and designers and tour both nationally and internationally. Based on the idea that students learn by doing, each theme-based exhibition uses hands-on activities, interactive components and larger than life environments to encourage students to explore in new ways and make learning fun.

Engaging, hands-on programs at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan make learning fun. Key observation, analytical and problem solving skills are developed through applied learning using directed experiments, exhibition exploration, open-ended art projects and more. Activities support learning in the areas of science, math, language and the creative arts, and our interdisciplinary approach to themes appeals to students with a variety of learning styles. Programs conform to New York State and City learning standards, are adapted to each grade level and can be tailored to classes with special needs.

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Guided Tours
Award winning exhibitions at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan are
created and built by a team of educational specialists and designers based on
the idea that students learn by doing. Interactive components and larger-than-life environments encourage students to explore in new ways, making learning come alive.

Professional Development Sessions and Parent Workshops
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan works with learning communities to meet their educational goals. Through interactive exhibit tours, in-depth discussions and hands-on workshops, participants explore innovative ways to meet performance standards and enrich learning in the classroom and the community. Let us design a session with your staff in mind.

Outreach Programs
Staff members from the Children’s Museum of Manhattan visit schools, after school sites, hospitals and community centers throughout New York City. Engaging, hands-on programs make learning fun. Key observation, analytical and problem-solving skills are developed through applied learning using directed experiments, open-ended art projects and more. Programs conform to New York State and City Performance Standards, are adopted to each grade level and can be tailored to classes with special needs

School Programs and Partnerships
CMOM works with the Department of Education as well as private and parochial schools to provide important educational opportunities for New York City children in all five boroughs. Programs are designed to meet performance standards in the arts, literacy and sciences through an inquiry based process that engages children to develop critical thinking skills.

30,000 school children visit CMOM a year to participate in guided exhibition tours and hands-on interactive workshops. CMOM also partners with schools to provide in-depth programming including: The New York City Museum School (NYCMS) located in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood. As a “New Vision” public high school NYCMS integrates museum study into academic excellence by engaging students through object-based learning, encouraging students to develop visual literacy, interpretive skills and critical thinking; PS 64 and New Settlement Apartments in the Bronx to providing a combination of services including in-school literacy programs, after-school cultural and professional development; PS 87 in the Upper West Side in a variety of capacities including providing after-school programming, hosting the annual project reads. CMOM works with the New York City Department of Education to provide professional development sessions for early childhood, art, science and new teachers as well as parent coordinators and after-school staff.

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