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Who: All ages.
What: Celebrate the end of 2012 with a top 10 list at the Newark Museum!
10. Take photos: Take pictures on a gallery scavenger hunt
9. Dance: Get fit while learning a new dance move
8. Make Noise: Make a musical instrument and play a tune in the galleries
7. Eat: Cooking lessons for young chefs-in-training
6. Touch: Get a close up look at some of our teaching collection objects
5. Watch a movie or performance
4. Play computer games: Try our Fire Museum, Generation Fit
and Nature & Art computer games
3. Break something: be a geologist and break into a rock or geode
2. Take something home: Play our gallery games to win a prize
1. Get messy: Create an original work of art
Where: The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ.
When: Thursday-Saturday, December 27-29 from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
Cost: Free with suggested Museum Admission.

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Who: Kids ages 4 – 12 and their families.
What: From knights and ladies to courtiers, cooks, and jokers, a medieval court included many different people. Learn about their lives and the ways they enjoyed themselves, such as hunting, feasting, playing games, and musical entertainment. Programs will include family gallery workshops and a self-guided art hunt.
Where: The Met’s Cloisters Museum, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park, NY, NY.
When: Saturday, December 29 and Sunday, December 30 from 12 pm – 4 pm
Cost: Free with museum admission- recommended adults $25 / children under 12 free

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Who: Children accompanied by their caregivers.
What: Go on a fun-filled winter hike around the Environmental Center forest, sip hot chocolate, roast marshmallows and enjoy a winter campfire. Dress warmly.
Where: Essex County Environmental Center, 621B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ.
When: Saturday, December 29 at 12:00 pm.
Cost: $6 per child and $8 per adult. For more information click here.

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Who: All ages.
What: Join the Museum’s 34th annual Kwanzaa celebration to experience the rich traditions of Kwanzaa and honor the holiday’s seven guiding principles. The festival, hosted by storyteller Linda Humes, will include a special interview about Karamu (African Feast) with pioneering restaurateur B. Smith, family-friendly hands-on activities, and an international marketplace.Restoration Dance Theatre Company and Balance Dance Theatre, led by acclaimed choreographer Obediah Wright, will perform in an exciting program that also includes newcomers Soul Steps and Underground System Afrobeat.
Where: American Museum of Natural History, Multiple Museums Hall (enter at 77th Street) Central Park West at 79^th Street, New York, NY.
When: Saturday, December 29 from 12 pm – 5 pm.
Cost: Free with museum admission.

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Who: Families
What: Join America’s favorite faux-relative for a performance filled with Beatles-esque hooks, Grimm’s Fairy Tales depth, and Woody Guthrie folksiness. Unleash your inner rocker!
Where: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
When: Saturday, December 29 at 11 am
Cost: Adults $20 / Kids $13. Purchase online here.

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Who: All ages.
What: Bill “The Train Guy” Cinque comes back to the Roseland Free Public Library to set up his 10^th annual working holiday train exhibit. Enjoy the lights, moving trains, and quaint homes that make up this railroad. As a bonus, all visitors get a 10-year commemorative train pin!
Where: The Roseland Free Public Library, 20 Roseland Avenue, Roseland, NJ.
When: Exhibit hours are as follows: Saturday, Decemeber 15 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; Monday, December 17 from 7:00 pm  to 9:00 pm; Tuesday, December 18 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm; Wednesday, December 19 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Thursday, December 20 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Friday, December 21 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Saturday, Dec. 22 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; Wednesday, December 26 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm; Thursday, Dec. 27 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Friday, December 28 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Saturday, December 29 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Cost: Free. For more information call 973-228-8636.