Merchant's House Museum Announces October Events

Merchant's House Museum has announced its October events, which include haunted house tours and a 1865 funeral reenactment. All events are presented at Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery).

Candlelight Ghost Tours of "Manhattan's Most Haunted House"

Come see the house The New York Times called "Manhattan's Most Haunted" by flickering candlelight. Find out what paranormal investigations have uncovered and hear about strange and inexplicable occurrences from people who actually experienced them. Tours will run October 22, 23, 28, 29, 30. The 45 minute tours begin every half hour from 6 to 10 p.m. $25, MHM Members $13.

From Parlor to Grave: 1865 Funeral Reenactment

On Sunday, October 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. the parlors will be draped in black crape as we recreate the 1865 funeral of Seabury Tredwell. After the service, mourners are invited to follow the coffin to nearby New York City Marble Cemetery - rarely open to the public - for a tour. 19th-century mourning attire encouraged; black crape armbands will be provided. $20, MHM Members $10.

Spine Tingling & True: Ghost Stories of the Merchant's House Museum

On October 31, official Merchant's House ghost-storyteller, Anthony Bellov, will read selections from 19th-century horror classics, and recount highlights from his ongoing research into the strange and supernatural occurrences at the Merchant's House Museum - in a parlor arranged for a mid-19th century funeral. Performances are at 7 and 9 p.m. $25, MHM Members $15.

Exhibition: "Memento Mori: The Birth & Resurrection of Postmortem Photography"

In collaboration with the Burns Archive & featuring artists Joel-Peter Witkin, Sally Mann, Hal Hirshorn, Marian St. Laurent, and Sarah Lohman. Trace the evolution of postmortem photography in America through 19th-century daguerreotypes and prints from Sleeping Beauty III (soon to be released by the Burns Archive) as well as modern art inspired by the iconography of these historic images. Then stage your own "postmortem" photograph in our reproduction coffin.The exhibition runs through November 29, Thursday through Monday, noon to 5 p.m. Included with regular admission: $10, $5 Students & Seniors.

About the Merchant's House Museum

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.

For more information, visit www.merchantshouse.org.