Servants’ Quarters Tours Held In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day
Servants' Quarters Tours - In Honor of St. Patrick's Day
Date: March 17, 18, 19, & 20
Time: 12 to 5 p.m.
Location: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East
Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery)
Description: Visit the rarely seen 4th floor servants' quarters - "arguably the oldest intact site of Irish habitation in Manhattan," according to Time Out New York - and learn about the family's Irish maids who lived and did some of their work there. You'll also hear about plans to interpret one of the dormer bedrooms and open the servants' quarters to the public permanently. Included with regular admission: $10, $5 Student & Seniors, MHM Members free. Reservations not required.
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 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.
"The distinction of the Merchant's House and it is a powerful one is that it is the real thing. One simply walks through the beautiful doorway into another time and place in New York."
The New York Times
"Not so much a museum as a raw slice of history" AVENUE Magazine
On the web: www.merchantshouse.org
Photo credit: Madeleine Isom
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