Guided Tours at CMOM

Summer Group Programs 2008

Bring your students and campers to the Children's Museum of Manhattan this summer and explore new ideas through hands-on learning. Choose from the following programs!

Discovery Tour Ages 8 – 12

Find out about the mythology of ancient Greece through a tour of the Gods, Myths and Mortals exhibition and then celebrate the art of bookmaking as you write and illustrate your own stories in the Golden Legacy exhibition featuring original art from Golden Books.

Tour time: 90 minutes. Tour cost: $100.00 per group of up to 25 children. Available Monday-Fridays at 10:30am or 1:00pm.

Museum Explorers Tour Ages 4 – 7

Learn about the environment as you explore animals in the rainforest in our Adventures with Dora & Diego exhibition and explore the properties of water in our City Splash! exhibition. Children watch a science experiment and then use the idea to make a watery work of art!

Tour time: 90 minutes. Tour cost: $100.00 per group of up to 25 children. Available Mondays-Fridays at 10:30am, 1:00pm or 3:00pm.

PlayWorks™ Tour Ages 1 – 3

Chaperones and children explore the PlayWorks™ exhibition together, then create an alphabet cityscape with letter stamps to take home.

Tour time: 90 minutes. Tour cost: $100.00 per group of up to 25. Available Mondays only at 10:30am, 1:00pm or 3:00pm.

*Please note: strollers must be checked at the door and are not permitted inside the exhibition. Groups with one chaperone for every child are encouraged to divide their groups into two classes to prevent overcrowding.

Please Note:

Reservations are required: Call (212) 721 – 1223 ext. 225
Number of children: 25 children maximum per tour. (We can accommodate several groups of 25 children at a time.)
Cost: The fee is a flat rate for up to 25 children and all chaperones.
Payment: Must be made in full at least three weeks before you visit in order to confirm your visit. Your reservation may be given away, without notification, if payment has not been received in time.

While You’re at the Museum:

Groups without a confirmed (prepaid) visit will not be admitted into the museum.
Groups will not be permitted to enter before their scheduled time.
Groups must leave at the end of their program. Your group will not be able to explore the rest of the museum either before or after the program has begun or ended.
No food is allowed in the museum but lunches can be stored. CMOM is located within walking distance of both Central and Riverside Parks .