(RNS) — The series aims to help visitors understand religious traditions and holidays as practiced by 19th- and 20th-century immigrants. NEW YORK (RNS) — The Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East ...

The once-in-a-lifetime construction project strengthened the 160-year-old building – protecting original features and finishes and comprehensively supporting the building’s ongoing use for the safety ...

For the first time in its 35-year history, The Tenement Museum in New York City is sharing the story of a Black family with its new exhibit, “A Union of Hope: 1869”. “A Union of Hope” will be the only ...

The Tenement Museum undertook extensive research for its interactive exhibit. For years, The Tenement Museum in New York City's Lower East Side has become a living monument to the stories of 19th and ...

For 35 years, the Lower East Side's Tenement Museum has hewn to a strict methodology for its historical exhibits: It recreates the lives and apartments of families who actually lived in its two ...

A new permanent exhibit at the Tenement Museum gives a look into the life of a Black family in post-civil war New York City. Through artifacts and narratives, the museum helps shape an understanding ...

The recreated tenement room where Rachel and Joseph Moore slept (photo Elaine Velie/Hyperallergic) In 1863, 25- and 35-year-old Black New Yorkers Rachel and Joseph Moore moved into a tenement at Lower ...

The parlor, or living room, of the Rogarshevsky family, who immigrated to New York from Russia in 1901. Visitors can see the room at the Tenement Museum’s 97 Orchard Street tenement. (all photos ...

Earlier this week Debra Spark wrote about meeting Adin Steinsaltz and why she makes her characters Jewish. Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My ...

Visitors can explore the Black migrant experience in post-Civil War era New York City through a 75-minute guided, multimedia tour. Calling all museum-goers! On Feb. 1, the Tenement Museum in Lower ...

In December, the Tenement Museum in New York City opened its latest exhibit, “A Union of Hope: 1869”. The exhibit is a carefully curated recreation of Joseph and Rachel Moore’s apartment in SoHo, that ...