Lower East Side Tenement Museum

LocationNew York, New York, United States

Grantmaking areaHumanities in Place

AuthorJuhie Bhatia

PhotographyClément Pascal for Mellon Foundation

DateMarch 20, 2025

An ornamentally decorated wood bed holds a quilt and pillows. A lantern sits on a side table next to the bed and illuminates a wooden cross that hangs on the wall above it..

A letter sent to the Tenement Museum more than 30 years ago implored the museum to remember the lives of Black New Yorkers. “Union of Hope: 1869,” a new exhibit with related educational programming, answers this call and introduces visitors to Joseph and Rachel Moore through a tour of their recreated dwelling.



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