Oldest Intact Site of Irish Habitation Opened by Councilmember Rosie Mendez

Museum Turns 75, Opens Irish Servants' Quarters for Tours with City Councilmember Rosie Mendez & "Bridget Murphy" (an Irish servant, circa 1855)

DATE: Wednesday, May 11
TIME: 12 to 1 pm
LOCATION: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street, NYC

DETAILS: City Councilmember Rosie Mendez & officials from the New York City Historic House Trust will be on hand to salute the Merchant's House Museum on its 75th anniversary, as well as kick off a project to restore and furnish the fourth floor servants' quarters - open permanently to the public for the first time in the Museum's history. Thanks to the mostly-Irish maids who slept and did some of their work there, they are "arguably the oldest intact site of Irish habitation in Manhattan" according to Time Out New York. Great photo ops in the historic kitchen (where "founders punch" will be served) as well as the servants' quarters. Costumed interpreters will also be on hand.
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About the Merchant's House Museum
Celebrating Our 75th Year as Museum (1936-2011)
The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact - inside and out - from the mid-19th century. Home to a prosperous merchant-class family and their staff of four (mostly Irish) servants for almost 100 years, it is complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, offering a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life from 1835-1865.
"Arguably the oldest intact site of Irish habitation in Manhattan" Time Out New York
On the web: www.merchantshouse.org