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9 – New York for Piccolas and Piccolos : Liberty Science Center

By Piccola New Yorker


Liberty Science Center: a lot of interesting things to be learned by kids (and parents) of all ages. Photo @LUCASCOMPAN

Liberty science center is an amazing place for kids to learn how to love science and stimulate their curiosity. Photo @LUCASCOMPAN

Dive deep into an super fun excursion across the river to Jersey City leads to this big imaginative, interactive museum that will engage kids of all ages in an amazing learning process. Dual-level exhibits like Skyscraper let everyone learns what it takes to design tall buildings. Then older kids can walk a high steel girder (wearing safety vests) and enter a wind tunnel, while little ones build with blocks and stack them using a magnetic mini-crane.

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Other popular exhibits include the da Vinci surgical robot trying the kind of simulators used by surgeons, the Lightning Show, the Touch Tunnel, and the Infinity Climber, a suspended enclosed multi story play space for climbing and crawling through paths suspended high overhead. Several exhibits are designed for younger visitors. The museum is located in Liberty State Park, with playgrounds and picnic areas and rentals of bikes and Segways to enjoy paths with Hudson River and New York skyline views. Statue of Liberty ferries can be boarded here, as well.

The museum is located in Liberty State Park, with playgrounds and picnic areas and rentals of bikes and Segways to enjoy paths with Hudson River and New York skyline views. Statue of Liberty ferries can be boarded here, as well. Photo @LUCASCOMPAN

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How to get here

Get here by car or take the Liberty Landing Ferry from Brookfield Place to the park, where a 20-minute walk leads to the museum. Or take Path trains to Exchange Place and transfer to the Bergen-Hudson light rail.

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