AFFORDABLE THINGS TO DO ON
ADMISSION FEES: $5 AND UNDER!
ALL LOCATIONS
Home Depot – Kids Workshop
Any Home Depot location
Hours: First
Saturday of each month between 9:00am –
Fee: Free
http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Kids_Workshops
Kids Workshop is an award winning program that has been
offered at The Home Depot stores since 1997.
The workshops are free, how-to clinics designed for children ages 5-12,
available on the first Saturday of each month between
Lowes Free Build and Grow Clinics
Free Build and Grow Clinics
https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/
Hours: Sign up for individual Build and Grow Clinics through the Lowes website.
Fee: Free
Build on your kid’s talent with regularly scheduled clinics designed
just for children. Build and Grow
Clinics will teach your kids how to safely complete a variety of projects.
BROOKHAVEN
Brookhaven Amphitheater Arts Cultural Center at Bald Hill (Family Movie Nights)
1 Bicycle Path
631-732-4011
http://www.brookhavenamphitheater.com/movie_sched_.html
Hours: Each
Wednesday during July & August at
Fee: $5 per carload
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and relax on the great lawn for a family movie on the huge screen. Call or visit the website for movie details.
Stony
631-345-0499
Hours: 2nd
and last Sunday’s of each month from the middle of May until the end of October
from
Fee: Small donation of your choice.
This railroad model club has made mini trains that you and
your kids can ride on! There is also a
picnic area, as well as train items for sale.
1660 Route 25A
516-692-6768
Hours: Open daily
Fee: $5 Adults / $3 Ages 3-17 & over 65 / Free under 3.
The Hatchery is proud of having the largest living
collection of
631-367-3418
Hours: Tuesday –
Sunday
Fee: $5 Adults / $4 Students ages 5-18 / $15 per family / Children under 5 & Military members are free.
Features 19th century whaleboat, whaling history exhibits,
scrimshaw collection, whale conservation exhibits, Family Activity Center,
films, special events and changing exhibits.
631-543-1371
http://www.geocities.com/lipioneermuseum/
Hours:
Fee: Free, donations appreciated.
This volunteer-run museum has re-creation of Alexander
Graham Bell’s workshop, wire used in first telephone transmission, models of
early phones, photos, animated figures, and library.
631-227-5436
http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us/access_guide/site49.html
Hours: The
property is open
Fee: $2 Residents; $4 Non-Residents
Includes 206 acres; 2.3-mile trail in salt marsh; oak and hickory forest; freshwater bottomland; indoor beehive, nature museum, saltwater fish tank, reptiles, butterfly garden; weekend family events.
HOLTSVILLE
631-758-9664
http://www.brookhaven.org/ThingsToDoInYourTown/EcologyCenterAnimalPreserve/tabid/241/Default.aspx
Hours: Monday –
Sunday
Fee: Free
Features an exercise-trail fitness course; zoo and ecology
center, featuring buffalo, mountain lions, eagles, children’s petting zoo;
ecology exhibits and tours; free compost; greenhouses; picnic area. Contact for
special events/programs.
Walt Whitman Birthplace
631-427-5240
Hours: June 15th – Labor Day Monday – Friday
Fee: $5 Adults / $4 Students & Seniors / Children under 5 and members are free.
Visit the 19th century farmhouse with 19th century
furnishings and unusual architecture.
ISLANDIA
631-853-2727
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/departments/parks/Lakeland%20County%20Park.aspx
Hours: Office/Restrooms open Memorial Day – Labor Day.
Fee: Free
Includes a nature trail boardwalk over the headwaters of the
The Longwood Planetarium
631-345-2741
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/showtime.html
Hours: Call for individual show times.
Fee: $4 Adults / $2 Students & Senior Citizens / $6 per Family.
Located in the
RIVERHEAD
631-208-8000
Hours: Year Round
Monday – Friday
Fee: $2 Adults / $5 Children
Hands-on science and technology museum with interactive
exhibits of bubbles, magnets, structural engineering, archeology, bats; view
mounted butterflies, Wireless Society exhibition about the history of wireless
communication.
631-467-1222
http://www.wrongislandrailroad.com/
Hours:
Fee: $4; Younger than 12 is $3
Toy train museum featuring interactive toy train display with Lionel trains running through the city, mountains, farmland, and forests; buttons activate animated scenes along the route.
http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/hamptons/48284,0,2083653.venue
Hours: Open daily
Fee:
$1; ages 10-14 is $0.50 cents.
On display:
equipment dating to the 19th century, a Model T fire chief's truck and a mural
depicting major fires in
631-979-6344
Hours: Office: Open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday
through Friday;
Fee: Free, donations accepted; butterfly house $3, Seniors and Children $2.
Includes 54 acres, hiking with views of