Home to the largest and arguably most fabulous collection of dinosaur fossils in the world, AMNH’s fourth-floor dino halls have been blowing kids' minds for decades. Roughly 80 percent of the bones on display were actually dug out of the ground; the rest are casts…

When it was founded in 1899, the BCM was the country’s first museum specifically made for children. Today it’s one of the most comprehensive, with a permanent collection of 30,000 objects, including musical instruments, masks, dolls and fossils…

Choose from a variety of packages, such as Breakfast Birthday Party or We Put the ART in Party. Morning and evening bashes include exclusive use of the entire museum, while afternoon fetes can be accommodated in private party rooms…

CMOM offers a variety of parties specifically designed for different age groups. The youngest partygoers can listen to lullabies from around the world, while older kids can go for the Wizard of Oz or Dora the Explorer options…

High-speed elevators shoot visitors up 1,050 feet to the Art Deco masterpiece’s 86th-floor observatory, where they can either peer out at the city from the comfort of a glass-enclosed pavilion or brave the elements on the open-air decks lining all four sides of the ESB.

Occupying 13 acres of Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which opened in 1880, is impressive in terms both of quality and scale. Added in 1895 by McKim, Mead and White, the neoclassical facade is daunting…

After a two-year redesign by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi, MoMA reopened in 2004 with almost double the space to display some of the most impressive artworks from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries…

The Guggenheim is as famous for its landmark building—designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and restored for its 50th birthday in 2009—as it is for its impressive collection and daring temporary shows…

This historic harbor is home to the former Fulton Fish Market, the Seaport Museum, the country's largest privately owned fleet of historic ships and a shopping mall with retail stores and restaurants. It hosts outdoor concerts during the summer, as well as a range of lectures and public programs.

Kids get to check out interactive exhibits, engage in song and dance, and try their hand at a craft project, all led by a museum educator. Party-goers take home the ultimate goody bag: a three-month membership to the museum…

Sure, the 86th floor observatory at the Empire State Building is the original place to go for an eagle's-eye look at New York, and it's located atop a global icon. But at 70 stories up, the observation deck at TOTR affords a spectacular vista of Central Park without the crazy lines…