Things to do in The Bronx with kids
8 attractions in The Bronx • Updated May 2026
The best things to do in The Bronx with kids, all in one place. The Bronx is home to Wave Hill and a stack of historic sites & landmarks for families, plus easy day trips across New York. Below are 8 family things to do in The Bronx with addresses, ticket info and age suitability. Use the search to find a specific name or filter by category.
Published May 2026. Editorial oversight by James Morgan. AI-assisted, human-edited. Our editorial standards
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Planning a family day out in The Bronx
The Bronx has 8 family attractions we would happily take our own kids to. Bartow‚ Pell Mansion Museum is the one most families start with. Tour a 19th-century mansion and its gardens set within New York City's largest public park. Bronx Children's Museum is the other name that comes up again and again. Hands-on exhibits celebrate the Bronx's culture and heritage while sparking young imaginations. Bronx Zoo rounds out the pick of the bunch. At 265 acres, one of America's largest urban zoos, home to gorillas, tigers and sea lions, a seasonal dinosaur safari, and a monorail that glides over free-ranging Asian wildlife. Also worth your time: City Island Nautical Museum & Seaside Day, New York Botanical Garden, Pelham Bay Park, Orchard Beach and Van Cortlandt Park & Museum.
Published prices run from $8 at Bronx Children's Museum up to $35 at New York Botanical Garden. 5 of the 8 listed here quote a starting price. The others vary by season or by what you add on, so check before you travel. Age guidance is worth reading first at Bronx Children's Museum (ages 1-12).
Beyond family attractions, families in The Bronx also head for historic sites & landmarks (2), parks & gardens (2), beaches & coastal (1) and children's museums (1). If you are ranging wider, everything we cover in New York is one click away.
8 attractions in The Bronx
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Historic Sites
Bartow‚ Pell Mansion Museum
The Bronx, New York
Tour a 19th-century mansion and its gardens set within New York City's largest public park.
Childrens Museums
Bronx Children's Museum
The Bronx, New York
Hands-on exhibits celebrate the Bronx's culture and heritage while sparking young imaginations.
Zoos Wildlife
Bronx Zoo
The Bronx, New York
At 265 acres, one of America's largest urban zoos, home to gorillas, tigers and sea lions, a seasonal dinosaur safari, and a monorail that glides over free-ranging Asian wildlife.
History Museums
City Island Nautical Museum & Seaside Day
The Bronx, New York
Discover City Island's seafaring past, from oyster boomtown to a century of boat building, in a small weekend museum.
Parks Gardens
New York Botanical Garden
The Bronx, New York
A 250-acre living museum of plants in the Bronx, crowned by a historic glasshouse conservatory.
Beaches
Pelham Bay Park, Orchard Beach
The Bronx, New York
The Bronx's only public beach, a 1930s "Riviera of New York" with a sweeping promenade.
Historic Sites
Van Cortlandt Park & Museum
The Bronx, New York
Step inside the oldest house in the Bronx and the layered history of an 18th-century estate.
Parks Gardens
Wave Hill
The Bronx, New York
A Bronx public garden where cultivated beds frame sweeping Hudson River views.