BIRTHDAY EXPERIENCE
Description
Celebrate your child's next birthday at the New York Transit Museum, the "perfect place to throw your kid's bash," according to Time Out New York Kids. Recommended for kids ages 7-12, this birthday party experience will lead partygoers through an immersive and interactive adventure in the subway station turned museum. A lost time traveler needs help repairing their time machine, and partygoers will need to assist by solving a series of challenges and puzzles hidden in our vintage train cars. Led by experienced and engaging facilitators, participants will have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore and investigate a working subway station with over 100 years of transit history brought to life for young transportation enthusiasts!
The Birthday Experience take place Saturday and Sunday at 11:00am and 1:30pm. Experiences last for approximately 75 minutes. The cost for is $900, with a 10% discount for family-level members and above.
Offered At
New York Transit Museum
The New York Transit Museum is dedicated to telling and preserving the stories of mass transportation – extraordinary engineering feats, workers who labored in the tunnels over 100 years ago, communities that were drastically transformed, and the ever-evolving technology, design, and ridership of a system that runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Opening hours reflect the group tour schedule (Wed-Sat) and the Birthday Experience schedule (Sat-Sun). Please visit our website for the general public hours.
Scroll down to view up-to-date tour/program availability. You will need an Explorable Places account to complete the reservation process.
Step-by-step how to book group tours instructions.
We offer an array of FAMILY PROGRAMS which includes Transit Tots, Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop, Junior Conductors: School Holiday Day Camp, and the Birthday Experience.
SCHOOL GROUP TOURS
Wednesday - Friday
10am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Saturday & DOE Midwinter and Spring Breaks
10:30am, 12:00pm
Limited group capacity of 25 participants (including youth and chaperones) on Saturday.
General Education and ICT - $200 per class
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- Pre-K: up to 18 students (9 chaperones)
- Kindergarten: up to 25 students (7 chaperones)
- Grades 1-12: up to 30 students (5 chaperones)
Special Education/Self-Contained - $100 per class
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- 17 participants (including youth and chaperones)
Note: The Title 1 fee waiver fund is currently exhausted, and we are not accepting applications.
ADULT GROUP TOURS
Up to 30 participants
- 15 people or less $125 (Adult Seniors $105)
- 16-20 people $175 (Adult Seniors $140)
- 21-30 people $225 (Adult Seniors $200)
Adults with Disabilities - $100 per tour
- Up to 17 participants (including adults and staff/chaperones)
New York Transit Museum Virtual Events and Parties
We are not booking virtual events or parties at this time.
Planning a remote holiday party, staff happy hour, or birthday party? Celebrate in subway-style! Museum staff will take you and up to 30 guests on a Zoom tour of the Museum, located in a 1936 subway station, followed by an activity of your choosing. Visit some of our favorite vintage train cars and hear stories about fascinating events and people in NYC history. Then, have fun with an activity that's right for your group.
All Parties Include:
- 2 Transit Museum staff members who will host and keep the party moving!
- A tour of the Museum's platform, with time to ask questions and chat.
- A participatory activity such as a round of Trivia, an Art Activity, or Breakout Rooms.
Details
Subjects
History, 19th Century, 20th Century, Theater
Capacity
25 students, Max 8 chap., Min 4 chap.
Duration
75 min.
Activity
Birthday Parties
Grades
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Price Options
$900.00 per Group for Non School Group