Hop on board with the New York Transit Museum for fun workshops throughout the month and the 19th annual Bus Festival on Sept. 30.
First is artist Tricia Keightley, the creator of the Hunts Point Mosaic Mural, who will discuss her work and teach budding artists how to create their own masterpieces on Sept. 8 at 1:30 pm. It’s suitable for children 6 years old and up.
The Great Subway Search is perfect for children 4 years old and up. They’ll work to find clues and discover key signs, symbols, and subway parts during this platform scavenger hunt on Sept. 9 at 1:30 pm.
Budding engineers can learn all about air-powered subway cars, invented by Alfred Beach in 1870, by conducting their own air experiments on Sept. 15 and 16 at 1:30 pm.
World-travelers will visit Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 22 and 23 at 1:30 pm without ever leaving the station, and learn all about subway systems from around the globe.
Digging tunnels is hard work — not to mention dangerous — and children 5 years old and up can learn all about it on Sept. 29 at 1:30 pm. They’ll learn all about the different tools these workers use and the rocks that are excavated when they play a game matching rocks with the boroughs in which they are found.
It all builds up to the 19th annual Bus Festival on Sept. 30 from 11 am to 5 pm. Children, parents, and bus fans can learn about old, new, and special buses that will be on display.
Children’s workshops are free with standard museum admission of $7 for adults; $5 for children 2 to 17 years old and seniors, and free for members.
New York Transit Museum [Boerum Place at Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 694–1873, www.mta.info/museum].
