Explore more at the Transit Museum with Movers and Makers, our monthly family workshop series! Tour select exhibitions, dive into a new transit-themed topic or museum story, and get creative together in our makerspace with hands-on art and design projects.
Build Your Own Subway Car — a hands-on workshop with QuietGround Learning
After touring the New York Transit Museum’s collection of historic and modern subway cars, students head to the workshop to build their own wooden model train inspired by what they’ve just seen. Working with real materials and real tools (wood, screws and screwdrivers, some light hammering, and paint), each student designs and constructs a car of their own, drawing on details from the collection.
Quietground Learning designs hands-on enrichment centered on craftsmanship, focus, and fair play — structured, screen-free making that welcomes every learner, including neurodiverse students and those with sensory sensitivities.
Museum admission is included in the price of the workshop.
Second Sunday of each month, 2pm-3:30pm
New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, Education Center
For families with children ages 5 to 14.
Fee: $20 per adult, $10 per child (10% discount for Family level members and above. Museum admission is included in the price of the workshop.)
Please note: This is not a drop-off program. Each child must be accompanied by at least one adult caregiver and adults must be accompanied by a child to participate.
