Family Programs take place one Saturday a month at the Center for Architecture. These two-hour workshops introduce families to architecture and design through hands-on art and model building activities, gallery tours, and design challenges.
Family Programs are designed for children ages 5 to 13 accompanied by an adult. Unless noted otherwise, admission is $20 per person. Pre-registration is required for all programs.
Looking for architecture activities to do on your own? Visit our Self-Guided Activities page!
Check out our Youth Programs FAQs. For further questions, please email [email protected].
UPCOMING FAMILY PROGRAMS
Building Ornament (Morning Session) October 17, 2026, 11am-1pm - SOLD OUT
Look closely at New York City's buildings, and you'll spot carved faces and figures looking back at you: gargoyles, grotesques, animals, and hybrid creatures used to decorate architecture. In this program, we'll explore these figurative ornaments and make our own. Using modeling materials and reference images, families will design and create ornaments to decorate their own homes and neighborhoods.
This program is offered in conjunction with the Figures of Architecture exhibition set to open in January 2027, at the Center for Architecture
There are two sessions: Morning (11am to 1pm) and Afternoon (2pm to 4pm).
This session is SOLD OUT. To be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected].
Building Ornament (Afternoon Session) October 17, 2026, 2pm-4pm - SOLD OUT
Look closely at New York City's buildings, and you'll spot carved faces and figures looking back at you: gargoyles, grotesques, animals, and hybrid creatures used to decorate architecture. In this program, we'll explore these figurative ornaments and make our own. Using modeling materials and reference images, families will design and create ornaments to decorate their own homes and neighborhoods.
This program is offered in conjunction with the Figures of Architecture exhibition set to open in January 2027, at the Center for Architecture
There are two sessions: Morning (11am to 1pm) and Afternoon (2pm to 4pm).
This session is SOLD OUT. To be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected].
Build a Lego City (Morning Session) November 14, 2026, 11am-1pm - SOLD OUT
Families will explore architecture, design, and construction with everyone's favorite building material - Lego bricks! We will start by learning about the different types of buildings and structures that make up NYC. Families will then create their own Lego masterpieces of skyscrapers, bridges, stores, apartments, and more for our model city.
There are two sessions: Morning (11am to 1pm) and Afternoon (2pm to 4pm).
This session is SOLD OUT. To be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected].
Build a Lego City (Afternoon Session) November 14, 2026, 2pm-4pm - SOLD OUT
Families will explore architecture, design, and construction with everyone's favorite building material - Lego bricks! We will start by learning about the different types of buildings and structures that make up NYC. Families will then create their own Lego masterpieces of skyscrapers, bridges, stores, apartments, and more for our model city.
There are two sessions: Morning (11am to 1pm) and Afternoon (2pm to 4pm).
This session is SOLD OUT. To be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected].
Architectural Lanterns December 12, 2026, 11am-1pm or 2pm-4pm
Join the Center for Architecture for a celebration of light. In this program, families will explore the role of light in architecture and learn how global communities brighten up the dark night. Families will then design a lantern to take home and illuminate a space of their own.
There are two sessions: Morning (11am to 1pm) and Afternoon (2pm to 4pm).
Registration Opens: November 10, 10am on our Calendar
