History Exhibition
History ExhibitionWalk through the meticulously recreated two-room tenement home of the Moore family, a Black family navigating post-Civil War Soho. Census records, period maps, and newspaper readings bring their rarely-told story vividly to life in the museum's first exhibit spotlighting Black family history.
Immersive history walk
Civil War era NYC
Intimate small groups
Restored tenement apartments
Tips
đ "standing in the apartments themselves is a poignant experience"
đ°hear newspaper excerpts read aloud
đexplore real Census records from 1869
A Union of Hope: 1869
Lower East Side
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionWalk through the meticulously recreated two-room tenement home of the Moore family, a Black family navigating post-Civil War Soho. Census records, period maps, and newspaper readings bring their rarely-told story vividly to life in the museum's first exhibit spotlighting Black family history.
Immersive history walk
Civil War era NYC
Intimate small groups
Restored tenement apartments
Tips
đ "standing in the apartments themselves is a poignant experience"
đ°hear newspaper excerpts read aloud
đexplore real Census records from 1869
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