Here are the closest matches farther out.
Working 19th-century village where kids meet costumed interpreters doing trades
Old Bethpage · 13 mi · Opens 10am
Civil War memorial museum with hands-on colonial crafts and cemetery tours
Huntington · 14 mi
Whaling museum with hands-on artifacts, costumes, and bunk beds kids can explore
Cold Spring Harbor · 16 mi · Opens 11am
Fossils, minerals and local history in a small courthouse, guided tours by staff
Hicksville · 17 mi · Free
Historic home with nature trails, gardens, and beach on Cold Spring Harbor
Oyster Bay · 18 mi · Free · Opens 6am
Cold War missile base tours
Glen Head · 19 mi
Colonial home with self-guided augmented reality tours at your own pace
Oyster Bay · 19 mi · Opens 1pm
Restored train station and vintage locomotives with rides on a working turntable
Oyster Bay · 19 mi
Hands-on exhibits and play spaces designed for young children, reserve ahead
Uniondale · 21 mi · Opens 10am
Vintage aircraft and airline history inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum
Garden City · 21 mi · Opens 10am
Aircraft and spacecraft museum with an IMAX theater and planetarium on-site
Interactive fire museum where kids simulate fires and operate vintage trucks
Garden City · 21 mi · BDAY
Hands-on exhibits and live theater with sensory-friendly hours available
Garden City · 21 mi · Free · BDAY
Free art museum with interactive exhibits
Hempstead · 21 mi
Art galleries and sculpture park on historic grounds, free library passes
Glen Head · 23 mi · Free
Art classes and sculpture gardens with hands-on family programs for ages 2–14
Roslyn Harbor · 24 mi
Historic courthouse with rotating exhibits and a hands-on Mock Trial program
Glen Cove · 24 mi · Opens 12pm
History museum on disability rights with free sensory bags and headphones
Albertson · 24 mi · Opens Tue
Dinosaur museum with live animals and hands-on science exhibits for all ages
Rockville Centre · 25 mi
Historic mill museum with interactive exhibits about local industrial heritage
East Rockaway · 25 mi · Free