Tag: History

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

Explore Lower Manhattan’s complex history through the places where the city confronted burial, disease, justice, and remembrance. This extended walking tour moves from Battery Park to Chinatown and traces how New York’s growth was shaped by...
The Outlaws Who Built NYC Tour

The Outlaws Who Built NYC Tour

Forget the gangland clichés. This walking tour uncovers the radical, corrupt, and wildly enterprising figures who shaped New York City, from pirate...

Twilight Tour: Death in New York

Twilight Tour: Death in New York

Explore stories of burial grounds, executions, epidemics, and forgotten dead as the city transitions from day to night!

Lunch & Learn: Fear City

Lunch & Learn: Fear City

On October 9th, join Dr. Kim Phillips-Fein, the Robert Gardiner-Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History at Columbia University, for an in-depth...

Death in New York Walking Tour

Death in New York Walking Tour

Experience the comprehensive New York history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this epic tour of Battery Park, the Financial District,...

Historical Highlights

Historical Highlights

From City Hall to The Battery, this tour affords a unique window onto Lower Manhattan and offers visitors an overview of some of the most significant...

The Age of Hamilton

The Age of Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton played a key role in establishing the institutions and policies that have come to define America. A tour of Hamilton’s life and...

Statue of Liberty Museum Connects Us With Our Past and Present

Statue of Liberty Museum Connects Us With Our Past and Present

By Joseph FerrisThe Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor since 1886, just three years after the Brooklyn Bridge opened and decades before...