MoMA Family Festival

Feb 15 – 19, 10 am – 4pm

Explore artist-created environments, drop-in art making, film screenings, and more.

All Family Festival ticket holders should enter the Museum using the group and member entrance located on West 54th Street, close to Sixth Avenue, where you will receive your event wristband.

All festival programs are available on a drop-in basis. Attendees may enter at any time during the day. Artist-created environments and film programs open at 10:00 a.m., gallery activities start at 10:30 a.m.

Deep Field by Tin&Ed
Floor 6, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Recommended for ages 4 and up

The world of plants is strange and wondrous, full of secrets growing in plain sight. Deep Field invites children to co-create a vibrant digital ecosystem using an iPad to draw botanical life that instantly blooms into 3D structures and transforms the Museum’s space. Accompanied by an immersive soundscape of forgotten sounds recorded by The Listening Planet, the work encourages audiences of all ages to explore the unseen worlds of plants.

A Soft Place to Land by Lexy Ho-Tai
Mezzanine Level, Cullman Education and Research Building, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Recommended for ages 2–12

The world can feel hard. Being human is strange. Let’s create a soft place to land. Welcome to this ever-changing squishy world, lovingly stitched from upcycled textiles. Come play, create, and rest among strange, yet familiar creatures, including the debut of a new giant collaborative cuddle monster. Loosen up your human suits—all creatures, beings, and parts of you are welcome and celebrated here!

Cardboard City
Gallery 414, Floor 4, 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Recommended for ages 4–14

What to do with all this cardboard—make a cardboard city! Create a world with soaring skyscrapers, bustling cars, and busy streets all made from paper and cardboard recycled by the Museum.

Location:

Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd St
New York, NY, 10019