Discover New York City with Culture Pass!
Culture Pass is bringing the city's museums and theaters to you through our Community Programming series! Take in some experimental theater from the comfort of your couch; enjoy an art-making activity with the whole family at your local library; go on a digital tour of a museum you've always been meaning to visit; and much, much more!
All events listed here are free and open to the public. Register in advance, and you'll get a direct link as well as a reminder the day of the event. It's as easy as signing in, kicking back, and enjoying.
Culture Pass is a program for cardholding patrons 13 and older of Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and Queens Library. Using their library card, New Yorkers can reserve a pass and get free admission to dozens of NYC cultural institutions, including museums, historical societies, heritage centers, public gardens and more. Please visit culturepass.nyc for more information!
Upcoming Events
Painting with Plants!
Painting with Plants!
Presented by Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Monday, July 6, 2026
From 1pm to 2pm
Beet roots, turmeric stems and marigold petals have been used for thousands of years
to create dye for clothing, paint, ink and more.
Join our friends at…
Stay Cool! Presented by Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn is home to people from all over the world. Explore the various ways in which people stay cool around the world with artifacts from Brooklyn Children's Museum's Collection. Then design your own invention for staying cool this summer!
Family Rattle-Making Workshop with Brooklyn Museum
Participants will create their own rattles inspired by the contemporary Hopi rattle currently on view. Through close observation and hands-on exploration, families will engage with the artwork and learn about the materials, making process, and cultural use of rattles within Native artistic…
Painting with Plants! A Brooklyn Botanic Garden special program
Beet roots, turmeric stems and marigold petals have been used for thousands of years to create dye for clothing, paint, ink and more.
Join our friends at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to design your own one-of-a-kind fan with plant 'paint.'
Community Gallery Program: Cyanotypes, an Alternative Process Workshop
Cyanotype, or “sun print”, is a photographic process that gained in popularity in the nineteenth century. Alice Austen made prints for display from her glass plate negatives through a process called contact printing. Using vintage glass plates from our education collection, families will create…
Best in Show! Presented by AKC Museum of the Dog
What exactly is a dog show? Find out through stories, artworks, collections items, and crafts with education staff from the AKC Museum of the Dog. Through reading a story, exploring real objects from the AKC Museum of the Dog's collections, and making a craft, participants will learn all about…
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