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Virtual Tour: Moore Family, 1860s

Name: Virtual Tour: Moore Family, 1860s
Start: 2020-12-17T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

Travel back to 1860s New York to visit Irish immigrants Joseph and Bridget Moore!

Hosted by Tenement Museum

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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 building 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?

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Ages: All ages

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• No physical contact with performers

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• Event is wheelchair accessible

• No mobility advisories

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About Tenement Museum

The Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side of New York City tells the story of American immigration and migration through educator-led tours of its historic tenement buildings at 97 and 103 Orchard and the surrounding neighborhood, enhancing appreciation for the vital role immigrants play in shaping America’s identity.