Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden Hosts Neighborhood History Camp, Starts 7/12

The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden invites children to travel back in time with Neighborhood History Camp, a children's summer day camp that explores the Museum and the history of New York City, for two weeks in July. Taking place Mondays-Fridays July 12th-16th (8:30 AM-3:00 PM) for children age 9-12 and July 19th-23rd (9:00 AM-12:00 PM) for children age 6-8 from, Neighborhood History Camp uses the Museum's landMark East Side Manhattan building as a focal point for hands-on, fun-filled, history-centered activities that include craft projects (making ice cream and journaling with quills and ink), games, architectural tours and field trips. Campers who are interested in exploring life in 19th-century New York City are welcome to an Open House at the Museum on Sunday, April 11th, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The camp is led by experienced professional counselors and takes place in the Museum's historic building, its beautiful surrounding gardens and adjacent air-conditioned auditorium.

The July 12th-16th session of Neighborhood History Camp costs $225 per week if registered before April 15th; $250 per week on or after April 15th. The July 19th-23rd session costs $150 if registered before April 15th and $175 per week on or after April 15th. More information is available by calling 212.838.6878. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden is located at 421 East 61st Street between York and First Avenues. Nearest subway: N, W, R, 4, 5, 6 at the 59th Street/Lexington station.

ABOUT THE MOUNT VERNON HOTEL MUSEUM & GARDEN
The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden is dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and research of art and artifacts pertaining to the Mount Vernon Hotel. New York City's only surviving day hotel, this landmarked building, which was constructed in 1799, brings the bygone era of old New York alive by promoting the dissemination of historical knowledge through docent-guided tours of its historic rooms, education programs, exhibitions, publications, lectures and symposia. For more information, please call 212.838.6878 or visit www.mvhm.org.