The best things to do in Queens next weekend, Sep 11–13, 2026 — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
8 picks · checked Sep 2
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNoguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion rebuilt in Long Island City, the show that put stone and Akari light in the same room.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNoguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion rebuilt in Long Island City, the show that put stone and Akari light in the same room.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Terra Foundation fellows pull vintage silver gelatin and albumen prints from the collection to ask what American-ness actually looks like.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Terra Foundation fellows pull vintage silver gelatin and albumen prints from the collection to ask what American-ness actually looks like.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensSonia Boyce turns two days of Queens Museum gatherings into video, kaleidoscopic wallpaper and a Dia de Muertos altar built with the community.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensSonia Boyce turns two days of Queens Museum gatherings into video, kaleidoscopic wallpaper and a Dia de Muertos altar built with the community.
Long Island City, QueensDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMoMA PS1's Homeroom space hosts Artists Against the Bomb, an international campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, organized with Nobel Peace Prize laureate ICAN.
Long Island City, QueensDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMoMA PS1's Homeroom space hosts Artists Against the Bomb, an international campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, organized with Nobel Peace Prize laureate ICAN.
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