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Lower East Side Tenement Museum Sweatshop Workers Touch Tour

February 28, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Visitors will participate in an orientation session using tactile models of our historic tenement as well as architectural features before going on a tour that will include touch objects, braille materials, and verbal description. The tour will be an hour and a half long, followed by a reception featuring local Lower East Side foods.

TICKETS ARE FREE
All are welcome, but space is limited, so reservations are required.
Tickets are made available one month prior to each event.
To make a reservation, email ezeira@tenement.org, or call 877-975-3786

Sweatshop Workers

Pay a visit to the Levine family’s garment workshop or the Rogarshevskys’ Sabbath table at the turn of the 20th century, when the Lower East Side was the most densely populated place in the world. Explore how they balanced work, family and religion at a time of great change.

3rd Floor – Recommended Ages 8 and up.

Details

Date:
February 28, 2017
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
http://www.tenement.org/vizinfo_ada.php#upcoming

Venue

Lower East Side Tenement Museum
103 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002 United States + Google Map
Phone
877-975-3786
View Venue Website

Other

Audience (by age)
Adults (Ages 18 and up), Teens (Ages 13-17), Tweens (Ages 10-12), Elementary (Ages 8-10)
Program Image Caption
Recreated Levine Apartment
Program Image Description
A cluttered kitchen with green walls and red trim around the interior window and doorway to the bedroom. The center of the room is taken up by a large coal stove covered in pots and irons. It is partially blocked from view by an ironing board. A tall double stone sink sits below the interior window.
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