Calendar of Events

All Virtual Events are recorded and posted to the Museum’s YouTube page.

Most of our virtual programs are offered free of charge.
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APRIL

Wednesday, April 2, 3 p.m. Rescheduled! New date TBA!
MEMBERS ONLY Curator Talk

Join curator Camille Czerkowicz for a behind-the-scenes look at the Tredwell collection.  Not a member? Join today!

Saturday, April 5, 3 p.m.
“Where Shadows Linger:” An Afternoon Ghost Tour

On this afternoon tour, we’ll explore some of the spookiest true tales of ghostly sightings at the Merchant’s House, as well as highlights from our ongoing research into strange and supernatural occurrences at the house. Join us to discover why The New York Times calls us “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House.” 60 minutes, strictly limited capacity. $20; $10 MHM Members and children ages 8-12. (Children under 8 are not permitted.) Purchase tickets for Afternoon Ghost Tour.

Saturday, April 19, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho

With the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, the city’s economy boomed and wealthy merchant families escaped the increasing noise, congestion, and commercialization of the seaport area to move “uptown,” to what is now modern day NoHo, then an exclusive residential enclave. Join us as we explore the Tredwells’ elite neighborhood and discover what life was like for the wealthy merchant class in the mid-19th century. $20, FREE for Members. Reservations strongly recommended. Purchase walking tour tickets.

Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House.

The Merchant’s House will be CLOSED on Sunday, April 20, for Easter.

 

Sunday, April 27, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho

With the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, the city’s economy boomed and wealthy merchant families escaped the increasing noise, congestion, and commercialization of the seaport area to move “uptown,” to what is now modern day NoHo, then an exclusive residential enclave. Join us as we explore the Tredwells’ elite neighborhood and discover what life was like for the wealthy merchant class in the mid-19th century. $20, FREE for Members. Reservations strongly recommended. Purchase walking tour tickets.

Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House.

Monday, April 28, 6 p.m.
Ask A … Spiritualist!
Virtual Program with thanatologist Matilda Garrido and spiritualist Terence Harding
Co-Sponsored by Village Preservation

Many are familiar with the origin story of the Spiritualist movement of the mid 19th and early 20th century, but did you know the Spiritualist church is alive, well, and thriving today? Join
Matilda and Rev. Terence Harding for a look at the history of the movement and how it has evolved into the present day. Learn Terences’s personal story of how he came to Spritualism and hear how he works with people through the church to bring comfort through messages from the other side. A Q&A will follow the program. Free (suggested donation $10). Register for “Ask A … Spiritualist.”

From Mark Twain’s ghost haunting the “House of Death” on West 10th Street to the multiple cemeteries underneath Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village has a long association with death and the afterlife. In keeping with its neighborhood’s theme, the Merchant’s House Museum seeks to lift the veil around death and dying as we move into the 21st century.

In our second year of the popular “Ask A…” series, thanatologist Matilda Garrido interviews those working in the fields of end of life and beyond. Join us for historical perspective, emerging ideas, and open discussion around topics usually hidden.

Terence Harding is a certified Psychic-Medium, Intuitive Consultant, Seance Conductor, Reiki Practitioner, ordained Minister of the Spiritualist Church and graduate of the Holistic Studies Institute. Founding member & current Pastor & President of the Open Doorway Spiritualist Community, INC. of Brooklyn, NY. Terence has been featured in the New Yorker online magazine and at the United Palace of Spiritual Artistry. He is also the resident Psychic Medium at AwakeningNY Healing Center in Port Jervis, NY where he regularly conducts private individual readings and spiritual message circles.  Find him online at www.revterenceharding.org and www.opendoorwaycommunity.com.

May

Saturday, May 3, 3 p.m.
“Where Shadows Linger:” An Afternoon Ghost Tour

On this afternoon tour, we’ll explore some of the spookiest true tales of ghostly sightings at the Merchant’s House, as well as highlights from our ongoing research into strange and supernatural occurrences at the house. Join us to discover why The New York Times calls us “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House.” 60 minutes, strictly limited capacity. $20; $10 MHM Members and children ages 8-12. (Children under 8 are not permitted.) Purchase tickets for Afternoon Ghost Tour.

Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m.
Special Mother’s Day House Tour

Bring your mom to celebrate Mother’s Day at the Merchant’s House! Eliza Tredwell, matriarch of the Tredwell family, gave birth to eight children between 1821 and 1840. On this special tour, learn what motherhood entailed in the 19th century, both for wealthy women like Eliza, and members of the lower classes. We’ll also discuss the role of women in the household more broadly, as well as the history of the holiday. $20, MHM Members Free. Purchase Mother’s Day Tour Tickets.

Sunday, May 18, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho

With the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, the city’s economy boomed and wealthy merchant families escaped the increasing noise, congestion, and commercialization of the seaport area to move “uptown,” to what is now modern day NoHo, then an exclusive residential enclave. Join us as we explore the Tredwells’ elite neighborhood and discover what life was like for the wealthy merchant class in the mid-19th century. $20, FREE for Members. Reservations strongly recommended. Purchase walking tour tickets.

Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House.

Saturday, May 24, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho

With the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, the city’s economy boomed and wealthy merchant families escaped the increasing noise, congestion, and commercialization of the seaport area to move “uptown,” to what is now modern day NoHo, then an exclusive residential enclave. Join us as we explore the Tredwells’ elite neighborhood and discover what life was like for the wealthy merchant class in the mid-19th century. $20, FREE for Members. Reservations strongly recommended. Purchase walking tour tickets.

Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House.

Current Exhibitions

Exhibitions are included with regular museum admission.

Ongoing
Manhattan’s First Landmark
This year, New Yorkers celebrate the 60th anniversary of the City’s groundbreaking Landmarks Law signed on April 19, 1965. The Merchant’s House, because of its remarkable state of preservation and importance in the history of New York City, played a significant role in the landmarking movement from its very beginning. Only 20 buildings were designated at the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s initial meeting in September 1965; the Merchant’s House was the first in the borough of Manhattan. Original documents, photographs, correspondence, and press clippings tell the story of how preserving the Merchant’s House was recognized as critical, from its inception as a museum in the 1930s, through the start of the landmarking movement in the 1950s, to the passage of the Landmarks Law in April 1965 and the designation of the House at the first meeting of the Commission in September.


Ongoing
“Finest Surviving:” Ornamental Plasterwork at the Merchant’s House Museum
The 1832 Merchant’s House is one of only 120 buildings in New York City distinguished as an exterior – and interior – landmark. Its intact original ornamental plaster work is considered the “finest surviving” from the period. Learn how the plaster walls, ceilings, and ornamentation in the Merchant’s House were created in the 19th century. On display, original 1832 plaster fragments, as well as molds and plaster casts created by sculptor and ornamental plasterer David Flaharty, who used the same methods as the early 19th century artisans during a house-wide restoration in the 1970s.

 

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