Craft Activities
Aug 28, 2026 • 2-4PM
Family Friday Afternoons: Drop-In Crafts
Free WITH ADMISSION
Drop-in select Summer Fridays for family-friendly crafts during your Museum visit!
Plan your visit or become a member today! Don’t miss Touching All the Bases with Dave Winfield on September 9!
We celebrated African American Music Month and Juneteenth with a special tribute to the Robinson family’s legendary An Afternoon of Jazz concerts. This intergenerational program featured museum tours, interactive jazz performances with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and hands-on activities that honored the legacy of the concerts and explored African American music, past and present.
Interactive Jazz Performance – Join Jazz at Lincoln Center vocalist and educator Goussy Celestin as she leads an exciting quartet in a series of family-friendly interactive performances celebrating Jazz! Be sure to join us to sing, move, and listen to this incredible music.
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Museum Tours – African American Music Month meets our “Third Thursday” tour series. For this special event, the custom-designed tour will highlight the intersections between Jackie Robinson’s life and legacy and African American music in the 20th century.
An Afternoon of Jazz Collection Showcase – Get a peek at posters, buttons, photos, and video clips from the famed Robinson An Afternoon of Jazz concerts.
An Afternoon of Jazz: Share your Story – Do you have photos, ephemera, or memories from attending the original An Afternoon of Jazz concerts? Bring it in to share with us! (We may ask to scan or copy your item(s) to preserve a record of them in the Museum’s archive or record a short video sharing your memory, but you are neither expected or required to donate your original materials.)
Hands-on activities, including making musical instruments
Sensory-friendly Quiet Zone available
Groups are welcome – submit a request and mention your interest in this program.
All youth must be accompanied by an adult.
Get the scoop on the history of the Robinsons’ famed concert series in our recent blog post and in the highlight video below.
Review the legacy and impact of the Robinson family's An Afternoon of Jazz concerts
Craft Activities
Aug 28, 2026 • 2-4PM
Free WITH ADMISSION
Drop-in select Summer Fridays for family-friendly crafts during your Museum visit!
Special Events
Sep 30, 2025 • 4:00-6:30PM
Free
The Museum welcomed educators to explore the Museum, try out classroom materials, and more!
Speaker Series
Jan 29, 2026 • 6:00 PM
$
Join acclaimed author Howard Bryant for a conversation about his latest book: Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America on the intertwined legacies of two towering icons.