103 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
Get a taste of the history of Kleindeutschland in the 1870s and explore the neighborhood’s impact on America and American food today on a special combination tour.
Explore how immigrant women coped with economic hardship through the stories of Natalie Gumpertz and Mrs. Wong. Hear how these two women, living a century apart, shared similar struggles, hopes, and survival strategies as they made new lives.
Visit the home of Joseph and Bridget Moore, Irish Catholic immigrants who grew up during the years of the Irish famine, and arrived in a rapidly changing, post-Civil War New York City to raise their family.
Explore the importance of tenement small businesses through the stories of Schneider’s saloon, opened by a married couple during the height of the Civil War, and an auction house, inherited by Max Marcus during the Great Depression.
Explore the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore, Black New Yorkers who made their home in Lower Manhattan’s tenements in the 1860s and 1870s. Joseph Moore moves from New Jersey to Manhattan in 1857, his wife Rachel from Kingston, New York in the same...
Explores the challenges faced by Jewish immigrant mothers in 1902. Visit the Levine family apartment, then learn how women organized the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.
Journey back in time to 1916 for an immersive experience with an actor playing Victoria Confino, a real Sephardic Jewish teenager who immigrated to the United States in 1913! Meet Victoria in her family’s recreated tenement apartment
