Tenement Museum

“Then, in a short period of time, you see slavery abolished, you see citizenship conferred, and then, astoundingly, unbelievably, suffrage granted. I don’t think we have the language to articulate how stunning a difference that is in the lives of the people who are here. And the people, they’re not thinking about themselves, they’re thinking about their children and their children after them…” - Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School Thank you to the 1,000+ people who joined us online and in-person for Out of Egypt Have I Brought My Children: The 15th Amendment In NYC, our first live event in partnership with WNYC! In case you missed it, catch the full recording of the discussion with host Michael Hill and featured guests Leslie Harris, Jelani Cobb, Anna Deavere Smith, and Tenement Museum President Annie Polland. Link: https://lnkd.in/e_UyNiYP

In time for Valentine's Day, join us on February 13 for a virtual Tenement museum visit: Love at the Tenement. This tour goes inside our historic building, 97 Orchard Street, to learn about dating, courting, and marriage traditions observed during different times and across cultural groups. Register: https://lnkd.in/gUsMqF-x

Join us on February 4th for the first-ever virtual tour of our newest exhibit, A Union of Hope: 1869. What was daily life like for a Black family living in the tenements during the 1860s? This virtual visit inside the tenement home of Joseph and Rachel Moore and see spaces and objects up close as we discuss where the Moores lived, worked, played, and worshipped, and how their home can help us understand the tight-knit community of African Americans in post-Civil New York. Register: https://lnkd.in/gM7wQfb8

This February the Tenement Museum is hosting a two-for-one combination tour in honor of Black History Month. Visitors start with the walking tour, Reclaiming Black Spaces, to five local sites of Black and African American history, and then join our building tour, A Union of Hope: 1869, featuring the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore, a Black couple living in Lower Manhattan in the years after the Civil War. From the Black farmers of New Amsterdam and the 18th-century founders of the Second African Burial Ground to the little-known history of the 19th-century pre-Harlem Black tenement community and the 1960s Civil Rights activists working on the Lower East Side, these tours explore the diverse stories of the African-descended communities from Lower Manhattan. Book your tickets: https://lnkd.in/eagZ62PM

"Shopkeepers would pool their money to pay the fines," said David Favaloro, Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs for the?Tenement Museum?which anchors the neighborhood at the corner of Orchard and Delancey. "Shopkeepers would take turns with paying if they got ticketed for operating on Sunday in violation of the blue laws." Running a successful business in New York City's Lower East Side was never for the faint of heart, but immigrants and family run businesses found a home there. These shops etched their place in the neighborhood's history and legacy, as profiled in this story about a family business celebrating 100 years in the neighborhood.

Our next Tenement Talk, "Out of Egypt Have I Brought My Children: The Fifteenth Amendment in NYC" is live in-person and virtual on February 10! The Tenement Museum is presenting this event with WNYC Radio, with a panel moderated by WNYC’s Michael Hill and includes historians Leslie Harris, Jelani Cobb and Tenement Museum president, Annie Polland. The event is free but register to secure your place before seats fill up. In-person: https://lnkd.in/e2byhVQt Virtual: https://lnkd.in/eNzKf3b8

The Tenement Museum is teaming up with WNYC - Public Radio!?Join us on Monday, February 10th at 6:30pm ET for?Out of Egypt Have I Brought My Children: The Fifteenth Amendment in NYC, a timely Tenement Talk live from WNYC's Greene Space with Tenement Museum president Annie Polland. You can reserve your spot for the in-person event below or register for the virtual livestream here: https://lnkd.in/eNzKf3b8

Our first virtual Tenement Talk of the year is tonight! "Immigration Past and Present" aims to uncover how future historians might discuss 2025, and how the United States regulated and discussed immigration. The esteemed panel moderated by museum president, Annie Polland, includes Muzaffar Chishti?of the Migration Policy Institute,?Nancy Foner, Professor Emerita of Sociology at the Graduate Center, and?Dara Lind?of the American Immigration Council. The panel will provide historical perspective on current events. In particular, how the events of 1924 and 1965—including the Johnson Reed Act, the formation of the U.S. Border Patrol, and the 1965 Hart Celler Act—continue to shape policy. Register: https://lnkd.in/eCFepBV9

Don't miss our first virtual Tenement Talk of the year - "Immigration Past and Present" on January 22, 2025 at 6:30pm ET. This timely discussion brings together?Muzaffar Chishti?of the Migration Policy Institute, Nancy Foner, Professor Emerita of Sociology at the Graduate Center, and Dara Lind of the American Immigration Council together on a panel moderated by Tenement Museum President Annie Polland. Register at the link: https://lnkd.in/eCFepBV9