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West Side Rag – Children’s Museum of Manhattan Reopening, Promising ‘Safe, Socially Distanced and Educational Activities’
10/15/2020
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Carol Tannenhauser | October 15, 2020
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) on 83rd Street between Amsterdam and Broadway is reopening to the general public on Friday, October 16th, a spokesperson for the Museum alerted WSR.
“CMOM has reimagined the museum experience through time-ticketed, small group experiences, offering safe, socially distanced, and educational activities that inspire children to learn through play,” according to a press release. “Each group will be led by a CMOM educator through two floors of the museum on one of two adventures:
“Superpowered Creators” invites children and their caregivers to make artwork and play within CMOM’s Inside Art and Superpowered Metropolis exhibitions. In Inside Art, children will experience large-scale, interactive installations and sculptures by eleven contemporary artists, encouraging new understandings of art and environment. In the recently unveiled Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City, children are transported into a comic book version of New York City. This exhibit builds children’s executive function skills, including self-control, working memory, and mental flexibility, by practicing these “superpowers” with pigeons Zip, Zap, and Zoom. Together, they guide visitors on adventures through the city, exploring parks, music, travel, treehouses, and more.
“Playful Explorers” will embark on adventures with Dora the Explorer and learn as they play in CMOM’s PlayWorks exhibition. The group will first visit Dora and her friends, as they help Diego rescue animals in need. In PlayWorks, young learners will build confidence, independence, and awareness with activities including feeding letters to a giant talking dragon; shopping and cooking at a NYC deli; riding and driving a firetruck and an MTA bus; a soft space for crawling, and more. The visit will include story-time, music, and personal activity kits that each family can use during their time at the museum.
In addition to these small group adventures, private playgroups and learning pod visits are available for up to 10 children and a caregiver. For more information, please visit www.cmom.org.”
CMOM will be moving from its current location to a landmark church on 96th Street and Central Park West. Plans for its renovation went through multiple modifications before being approved by the Landmark Preservation Commission in June.
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) on 83rd Street between Amsterdam and Broadway is reopening to the general public on Friday, October 16th, a spokesperson for the Museum alerted WSR.
