Parents
Parents 

Cool Culture begins with you

YOU ARE YOUR CHILD’S FIRST TEACHER

By partnering with Cool Culture, you can help your child take the first steps toward cultural curiosity and a love of learning.

By visiting art museums, botanical gardens, and science centers with your little one, you'll provide your young child with learning experiences that are fundamental to school success. These visits also offer families the opportunity to explore, learn and enjoy quality time together.

Welcome to the Culture Club!

Cool Culture brings together families, educators, and cultural institutions to make the rich educational potential of the arts, sciences, and nature available to all children and families.

With the support of our 90 cultural institution partners, along with more than 430 early childhood centers throughout the five boroughs, 50,000 eligible families with children have free, unlimited access to New York City’s finest cultural institutions every year. Last year alone, participating families had a great time while making nearly 100,000 cultural visits.

 

Cool Facts: 
Family Fun at Your Fingertips

Cool Culture offers lots of resources to help you plan your next cultural adventure, from our Family Time quarterly newsletter, e-Family Time monthly e-newsletter, and our Cool Culture Connect audio guide!

But remember, your most important resource is at your center—your Cultural Liaison will be your partner and guide to NYC's cultural intitutions.

Cultural Liaisons are educators at your center who will help you make the most of the Cool Culture Family Pass, from planning easy-to-do, fun and memorable trips to providing simple tips to make your visit enriching, your Cultural Liaison will be there for you.

People come from all over the world to experience and learn from NYC’s world-class cultural institutions. Now your family can too!

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