PART OF THE RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL LOWER MANHATTAN JUNE 25 | 4 P.M. – 8 P.M. FREE NIGHTATTHEMUSEUMS.ORG visited visited visited African Burial Ground National Archives at NYC Municipal Archives National Monument New York City 31 Chambers Street (bet. Centre & Elk St.) 290 Broadway (bet. Duane & Reade St.) One Bowling Green (bet. Whitehall & State St.) nyc.gov/records nps.gov/afbg archives.gov/nyc Visitors can tour The Municipal Archives current exhibit, The Lung Block: A New York City Slum & Its The oldest and largest known excavated burial ground Connects visitors to our nation’s history. Our theme Forgotten Italian Immigrant Community. Join co- in North America for both free and enslaved Africans. is Revolutionaries and Rights and the historic strides curators Stefano Morello and Kerri Culhane at 6 p.m. It began to use in the 17th century but was only taken throughout history. Engage with costumed for an exploration of the history of immigrant housing rediscovered in 1991. The story is both of the Africans historical interpreters throughout the building. Stop and reform efforts in NYC at the start of the 20th whose holy place this was, but also the story of the into our Learning Center to discover many of the century through one community. Guests will also see modern-day New Yorkers who fought to honor these national treasures of New York, go on an “Archival a special preview of an upcoming exhibit with the ancestors. Programming: Tour the visitor center, view Adventure,” and pull archival facsimile documents Museum of American Finance opening this fall. The the filmOur Time At Last, which details the history of off the shelves. In the Welcome Center, view original NYC Department of Records and Information Services the African Burial Ground from its creation, through its documents and the new exhibit “New York on the (DORIS) preserves and provides public access to rediscovery, and onto its designation as a national park. Record: Rightfully Hers” about women and the right to vote. In the Research Center, begin a journey into family historical records and information about New York visited history research/genealogy by examining immigrant City government. Its collections in the Municipal China Institute arrivals (including Ellis Island), federal census and Archives date from 1645 to the present. Records 40 Rector Street (bet. West & Washington St.) naturalization (citizenship) records, plus so much more. include official records, manuscripts, still and moving images, vital records, maps, blueprints, and sound chinainstitute.org visited recordings. Founded in 1926, China Institute is a non-partisan National Museum of the visited organization that is the go-to resource on China. Its American Indian, Poets House diverse programs, school, and gallery exhibitions Smithsonian Institution bring to life the depth, complexity, and dynamism of 10 River Terrace (corner of Murray Street) One Bowling Green (bet. Broadway & State St.) China. Visitors can enjoy tours of our latest Gallery poetshouse.org exhibit “Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese AmericanIndian.si.edu A national poetry library and poetry museum, it Photographer’s Lens” alongside live Chinese music Illuminates through exhibitions and programs the performances, art activities, and short films. offers something for everyone in the wide and diversity of Native peoples of the Americas, from varied tradition of verse. Visitors can peruse our visited the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of Patagonia. 70,000-volume poetry library and view exhibitions Federal Hall National Experience the newly opened imagiNATIONS that focus on the physical and visual expression of Memorial Activity Center, a family-friendly, interactive learning poetry. View archival materials from Poets House’s history, including handwritten correspondence from 26 Wall Street (bet. Wall & Broad/Nassau St.) environment where the focus is Native innovations legendary poets and writers. We will be offering free nps.gov/feha throughout history that shape the modern world. Also, view the “Infinity of Nations,” “Taíno,” and book giveaways and various family-friendly activities Federal Hall National Memorial features exhibits emphasizing the similarities between libraries, “T.C. Cannon” exhibitions, as well as the exquisite that present the history of Federal Hall, a museum museums, and poetry, of course. Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. and memorial to America’s first President and the visited beginnings of the United States. Ranger-guided visited The Skyscraper Museum tours will take place at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. The National September 11 memorial will also be hosting a special lecture by Memorial Museum 39 Battery Place (at 1st Place) Professor Jamie Warren about the African Burial skyscraper.org Ground from 6–7 p.m. Giveaways will be distributed 180 Greenwich Street while supplies last. 911memorial.org Located in the world’s first, and foremost vertical metropolis, celebrates New York City’s rich visited The country’s principal institution concerned ® architectural heritage and examines the historical Fraunces Tavern Museum with exploring the implications of the events of forces and individuals that have shaped its successive 9/11, documenting the impact of those events, 54 Pearl Street (corner of Broad St.) skylines. Visit the museum and join the Curator’s Tour, and exploring 9/11’s continuing significance. Free frauncestavernmuseum.org with founding director Carol Willis, of the special admission is from 5–8 p.m. on Tuesdays, with the last exhibition “Housing Density” at 5 p.m. The only museum located in Manhattan that focuses on admission two hours prior to closing. Tickets are not visited the Colonial period, Revolutionary War and the Early available in advance and will be distributed on a first- South Street Seaport Republic. Stand in the room where General George come, first served basis at the museum starting at 4 Museum Washington bid farewell to his officers, explore special p.m. Distribution time is subject to change. exhibitions such as Fear & Force: New York City’s Sons visited southstreetseaportmuseum.org and of Liberty Confidential: The American Revolution’s 9/11 Tribute Museum Dedicated to the rise of New York as a port city and Agents of Espionage, and learn how important New 92 Greenwich St. (at the corner of Rector St.) its critical role in the development of the United York City was during the birth of the nation at this 911tributemuseum.org States. The Museum’s landmarked buildings, unique historic site and museum. Programming includes live collections and historic ships provide interactive 18th-century music and dance lessons provided by the A project of the September 11th Families’ Association exhibits, education, and unique visitor experiences. Tricorne Dance Ensemble; guided tours of the museum; and offers visitors a place where they can connect Visit the exhibit, “Millions: Migrants and Millionaires and a Colonial Costume Photo Booth. with people from the 9/11 community: survivors, Aboard the Great Liners, 1900–1914,” at 12 Fulton family members who lost loved ones, first responders, visited Street. On Pier 16, come aboard the 19th-century Museum of Jewish Heritage recovery workers, and people who live and work tall ship Wavertree and the floating lightshipAmbrose . in Lower Manhattan. Visitors will learn about the A Living Memorial to the Holocaust On Water Street discover the breadth and brilliance historic events of that day, along with the personal of 19th-century letterpress printing with demonstrations 36 Battery Place (at 1st Pl.) | mjhnyc.org experiences of those who lived it, the unprecedented and make sure to visit the store. rescue and recovery operations, and the tremendous New York’s contribution to the global responsibility to spirit of support and generosity that arose after never forget. The museum is committed to the crucial the attacks. mission of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust. On view JOIN THE CONVERSATION: for free are: Ordinary Treasures: Highlights from the Museum of Jewish Heritage Collection, Dimensions #NIGHTATTHEMUSEUMS #R2R19 in Testimony created by USC Shoah Foundation, and Andy Goldsworthy’s Garden of Stones. Tours of @LMCC @LMCC_NYC Ordinary Treasures will be offered on the hour from 4–7 p.m. (Paid ticket required for Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.) JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #NIGHTATTHEMUSEUMS #R2R19 @LMCC @LMCC_NYC DOWNTOWNCULTURALASSOCIATION A. AFRICAN BURIAL A READE STREET J,Z GROUND NATIONAL WASH INGTO N MARKE T CHURCH PAR K GREENWICH C I V I C M T MONUMENT W E R O E CHAMBERS STREET C E N T E R 4,5,6 R T S ARK ROCKEFELLER 1,2,3 P PARK WEST WEST T L B. CHINA INSTITUTE E E WARREN STREET R TR STREE NORTH S A E DISON P RIVE A M T R I B E C A N,R END R C. FEDERAL HALL CIT Y W BROADWA MURRAYSTREE BROADWA S T REET HAL L F R A N K F O R T S T R E E T TERRAC RO AVENU BR T PARK WASHING O 2,3 OKLYN NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARK P P A R K P L A C E SPRUCE STRE DOVER BRID E E S G E MURRAY STREET A,C,E T RE E E T E T T T SP T O Y E E N B T L B A R C L A Y S T R E E T E T RE D. 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