Tenement Museum

Join us on 2/4 at 7pm ET on YouTube Live for our new Virtual Tour: Tenement Kitchens! Explore how immigrant women fed their families during the 19th and 20th centuries. This virtual visit to our historic tenement buildings will examine the daily tasks involved in cooking food using rarely displayed artifacts from the Museum’s expansive collection of everyday objects, along with primary sources and photographs. RSVP now! https://www.tenement.org/eve/tenement-kitchens-womens-work/

We may not know what 2021 will look like for the Tenement Museum, but we do know our mission to explore the vital role immigrants, migrants, and refugees play in shaping America's identity is essential for the future of this country. We need you to continue holding these important conversations, to see the value in exploring these stories and connecting the experiences of others with your own. Our stories need you. Thank you for all your support.

#LIVENOW: Our virtual hard hat tour Behind the Scenes: the Recreation of a Tenement. Join us now on our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch

Early voting begins today in NY! Be like Sarah Burinescu, one of the first female voters to live at 97 Orchard Street, and get to the polls to make sure your vote counts! Read more about Sarah on our digital exhibit, Tenement Women: Agents of Change https://www.tenement.org/tenement-women-agents-of-change/

While on the hunt for artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's grave in Green-Wood Cemetery, we recollect on the truth and fiction behind the turbulent and often mythologized Lower East Side during the 1970s and 80s. Check out the latest in our series "Haunted by History": https://www.tenement.org//haunted-by-history-part-ii-rest/

This Saturday, travel back to 1860s New York to visit Joseph and Bridget Moore, Irish immigrants living with their children at 97 Orchard Street. As on our Irish Outsiders tour, we’ll visit their tenement apartment to understand daily life and discuss the Moore’s experiences as Irish New Yorkers. How were they making an Irish home in the heart of the ‘Little Germany’ neighborhood? What discrimination might they have faced, and what opportunities did they have as Irish immigrants? Purchase your tickets now: https://www.tenement.org/events/virtual-tour-moore-oct24/

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight's Virtual Book Talk: Lemongrass & Lime has been cancelled. We apologize for the late notice. We hope to reschedule with Leah Cohen at a later date, and we will keep you informed of when we do.

Is visiting the Tenement Museum on your bucket list? Have you told all your friends about your trip to Orchard Street - back when vacations were a thing? You can still visit our recreated apartments - from anywhere in the world! Join us for a virtual tour: https://www.tenement.org/events/?event_type=virtual-tour#

#LIVENOW: Virtual Walking Tour - How to Build a Neighborhood, an Architectural Exploration of the Lower East Side. Join us on Youtube Live now! #OHNYwknd https://youtu.be/r7Ea9AsFIcY

Every building tells a story. These structures are reflections of the cultures, ideas, and people that built them. Join us tomorrow for a virtual walking tour exploring the architecture of the Lower East Side. RSVP now! https://www.tenement.org//how-to-build-a-neighborhood-oct/ #OHNYwknd

Bad news: today, Oct 15, is the last day to fill out the #2020Census. Good news: you can easily fill it out online, it only takes a few minutes, and everyone can fill it out, regardless of immigration status! Head over to 2020census.gov to #BeCounted!