The Tenement Museum

Back by popular demand! We're partnering up again with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on March 26th on YouTube Live for a night exploring Jewish immigrant New York City of yesteryear, this time celebrating the release of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Alex Weiser’s new album, in a dark blue night. A love letter to New York City, in a dark blue night features acclaimed singer Annie Rosen with a seven-piece chamber ensemble and comprises two song cycles that explore Jewish immigrant New York City. The first cycle, in a dark blue night, features five settings of Yiddish poetry written by newly arrived immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Coney Island Days follows and sets to music words from an oral history interview with Weiser’s grandmother about childhood in the bilingual immigrant world of Coney Island in the 1930s and ‘40s. Musical performances from inside our recreated 1870s saloon will interweave songs from Weiser’s album with Yiddish songs of the past that explore the Jewish immigrant experience. From a lullaby imagining America as heaven and a hymn to the Statue of Liberty to ballads of sweatshop labor and inequality, the musical selections will bring a diversity of experiences from the historic Jewish Lower East Side to life. The concert will feature introduction and historical commentary by Alex Weiser in conversation with Tenement Museum President Annie Polland, and musical performances by singer Annie Rosen and pianist Jason Wirth. --- REGISTER NOW and we'll send you a reminder before the event: https://www.tenement.org/events/virtual-tenement-concert-new-york-in-yiddish-song-in-a-dark-blue-night/ DONATE to support more public programs like this at the Tenement Museum: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtual-programs/ VISIT: Get your tickets now for on-site building and walking tours, available daily at: https://www.tenement.org/tours/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhJvFvNWyOS7sVSiHyX3IA/?sub_confirmation=1 Support for this program is provided by ConEdison and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Join us for a special behind-the-scenes conversation on February 21st about the research for the Museum’s newest exhibit, A Union of Hope: 1869! Where did we access 19th-century Black newspapers, and what did they reveal? What was our biggest discovery in the archives? How do historians fill the “gaps” in the archive, and read “between the lines” of white-authored sources when interpreting Black pasts? Marquis Taylor, Lead Researcher, will share highlights from his work over the last year, and discuss his process and principles for learning about the lives of Joseph and Rachel Moore and their community! REGISTER (and we'll send you a reminder before the event!): https://www.tenement.org/events/virtual-behind-the-scenes-researching-a-new-tenement-family/ DONATE to support more public programs like this at the Tenement Museum: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtual-programs/ VISIT: Get your tickets now for on-site building and walking tours, available daily at: https://www.tenement.org/tours/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhJvFvNWyOS7sVSiHyX3IA/?sub_confirmation=1 This program is supported by Con Edison. It was also made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation.

This Women’s History Month, join us on March 7th for a conversation about 'Relinquished', a new book from author and sociologist Gretchen Sisson sharing the stories of American women who relinquished infants for private adoption. Based on hundreds of interviews with women over a decade, Relinquished looks at how women came to their decisions, how they navigate a societal lack of support, and how they manage their ensuing grief. Relinquished reveals adoption to be a path of constrained choice for those for whom abortion is inaccessible, or for whom parenthood is untenable. Sisson will be joined in conversation by Christina Baker Kline, author of 'Orphan Train', a novel looking at stories of children sent out for adoption in the mid-19th century. Sisson and Kline will draw connections between past and present and shine light on these stories that deserve to be heard about a response to this moment. REGISTER (and we'll send you a reminder before the event!): https://www.tenement.org/events/virtual-tenement-talk-relinquished/ DONATE to support more public programs like this at the Tenement Museum: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtual-programs/ VISIT: Get your tickets now for on-site building and walking tours, available daily at: https://www.tenement.org/tours/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhJvFvNWyOS7sVSiHyX3IA/?sub_confirmation=1 This program is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by Con Edison.

Originally recorded on March 12, 2024 . Travel back to 1868, just a few years after 97 Orchard Street first opened, and meet Bridget Moore in her family’s brand-new apartment! Join us on March 12 for this special virtual program and learn from an actress portraying Bridget Moore, an Irish immigrant who lived in our historic tenement in the 1860s. We’ll talk to Bridget about how she stays connected to her Irish heritage while she creates a home for her family in a mostly German building and draw connections between the Moore family and immigrant families today. Throughout this special costumed interpreter program, participants will have a chance to ask Bridget their own questions. Recommended for all ages!

Originally recorded on April 25, 2024 Catch our virtual Tenement Tour, 'Life & Death in 1918' for a limited time! Examine what made the 1918 influenza pandemic so devastating and how New York City’s government and residents responded to the global health crisis. Through the story of Sarah and Jacob Burinescu, immigrants from Russia and Romania, and their children, explore parallels between the 1918 influenza pandemic and our own recent experiences with COVID-19 and consider how we might remember these events in years to come.

Before the Emancipation Proclamation, before Juneteenth, Black New Yorkers celebrated July 5th as Emancipation Day after the abolition of slavery in the state in 1827. Join us on June 25th on YouTube Live for a special conversation exploring the history and significance of July 5th in New York in the 19th century. Marquis Taylor, Lead Researcher of our newest exhibit, "A Union of Hope: 1869", will share primary sources and research on the lead-up and eventual passage of emancipation laws in New York state. How would people like Joseph and Rachel Moore have celebrated on July 5th? What did celebration look like when people were still enslaved even in neighboring New Jersey? How did Black communities use this day to push forward new ideas about freedom and what it meant to be American? REGISTER and we'll send you a reminder before the event: https://www.tenement.org/events/virtual-tenement-talk-before-juneteenth-6-25/ DONATE to support more public programs like this at the Tenement Museum: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtual-programs/ VISIT: Get your tickets now for on-site building and walking tours, available daily at: https://www.tenement.org/tours/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhJvFvNWyOS7sVSiHyX3IA/?sub_confirmation=1 This program is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Park Service and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by Con Edison. It is also sponsored by a Humanities New York Action Grant.