Merchant's House Museum Announces September Event Listing

Merchant's House Museum is proud to present their September Event Listing:

Cocktails in the Garden

Date: Wednesday, September 18

Time: 7-9 p.m.

Location: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery)

Description: Celebrate fall with cocktails in the 19th century walled garden of the Merchant's House Museum, New York City's only family home preserved intact -- inside and out -- from the 19th century.

Cocktails in the Garden is hosted by the 1832 Society, the Museum's committee of members and supporters under 40 and is generously supported by Host Sponsor STUDIO SOFIELD.

$75, $100 with one-year Membership. All but $10 of each ticket purchase is tax-deductible. Reservations required; visitmerchantshouse.org/cocktails.

19th Century Lifeways Lecture: The REAL Gangs of New York

Date: Thursday, September 26

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery)

Description: A lecture marking the 150th anniversary of the New York Draft Riots, the bloodiest urban insurrection of 19th Century America. Justin Ferate, NYC urban historian, examines the social pressures and misguided public policies that led to the powder keg that exploded in the streets of New York in July of 1863.

Governor George Pataki and the NYS Tourism Council honored Justin Ferate as New York's "Most Engaging Tour Guide." He is the author of the Official New York City Tour Guide Licensing Examination and has been called "One of New York's 50 Essential Secrets!" by Time Out New York.

19th-Century Lifeways is the Museum's newest public program series - in which experts lecture on 19th century American decorative arts, architecture, New York City history, preservation, and related subjects. The Merchant's House Museum's intact 1832 landmark building and original collections provides the springboard for the lectures.

$15, MHM Members Free. Reservations required; call 212-777-1089 or visit merchantshouse.org/calendar.

Exhibition: Take a Peek - 19th Century Undergarments from the Collection

Date: Through September 16

Time: Thursday-Monday, 12-5 p.m. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday

Location: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery)

Description: Defy propriety and come take a peek at rarely seen examples of the Tredwells' undergarments from the 1850s and '60s. On display will be a hand-embroidered chemise, split-leg drawers, steel-boned corset, voluminous petticoat, silk stockings, and cage crinoline. You'll be amused - and amazed - when you learn how much a mid-19th century lady woreunder her clothes. Included with regular admission. Reservations not required.