{"id":323656,"date":"2026-08-18T02:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323656\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T02:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:10:15","slug":"bk-childrens-museum-receives-5k-to-expand-free-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323656\/","title":{"rendered":"BK Children\u2019s Museum receives $5K to expand free admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CROWN HEIGHTS \u2014 THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN\u2019S MUSEUM has received a $5,000 grant from the Citizens Philanthropic Foundation to support the Museum\u2019s Community Access initiative, which removes financial barriers to admissions costs.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1899 as the world\u2019s first children\u2019s museum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynkids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum<\/a>is designed especially for families, and serves 300,000 children and caregivers annually with exhibits and programs in the visual arts, music and performance, natural science and world cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will help sustain BCM\u2019s commitment to making the museum accessible to all children through programs such as Community Access Thursdays, which offers free admission every Thursday from 2-5 p.m. This initiative has enabled nearly half of the museum\u2019s visitors this year to enjoy BCM free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum, said in a prepared statement, \u201cAt Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum, we believe every child deserves access to joyful, hands-on learning experiences that spark curiosity and strengthen community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CROWN HEIGHTS \u2014 THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN\u2019S MUSEUM has received a $5,000 grant from the Citizens Philanthropic Foundation to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3302,98,9346,100,99,24100,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-323656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-childrens-museum","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-grants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}