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.
Please consider making a donation to support future programming —
and help us fight the proposed development next door!

JULY

Thursdays in July, 5 to 8 p.m.
Summer Evenings in the Garden
Join us for an informal evening to celebrate summer with light refreshments in the garden. Garden admission is free, enter via Manuel Plaza. No reservations.

Live music and guided tours on select evenings at 6 p.m., reservations recommended for house tours.

Thursday, July 4 – Closed for Independence Day.

Thursday, July 11, 6 p.m. – Live Music with Jazz Flutist Cheryl Pyle – Free, no reservations. CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

Thursday, July 18, 6 p.m. – Guided House Tour – $20, MHM Members Free; register for 7/18 Guided Tour.

Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m. – Guided House Tour – $20, MHM Members Free; register for 7/25 Guided Tour.

 

Wednesday, July 10, 6:30 p.m.
Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
Book Talk with author Barbara Weisberg
Co-sponsored by Village Preservation, the Salmagundi Club, and the Coffee House Club
On a sparkling spring day in 1853, Mary Emmeline Stevens married Peter Remsen Strong at her family’s elegant Bleecker Street townhouse. They were said to be ideally matched—charming, well-educated, deeply in love, and from two of New York’s best families.

A dozen years later, the couple’s supposedly storybook marriage catastrophically collapsed when Mary confessed to Peter that she was having an affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery, but not before she accused him of forcing her into an abortion and having his own affair with the abortionist. The abortionist lived on Waverly Place, where Peter was her landlord.

Barbara Weisberg recounts how the divorce trial Strong v. Strong riveted the nation with a shocking glimpse into the private lives of New York’s elite and raised issues related to women’s rights still in the headlines today. The true tale of a family and country in turmoil at the end of the Civil War, the Strongs’ story—largely set against the backdrop of Greenwich Village—illuminates a world and neighborhood in process of transformation. Free (registration required); register for “Strong Passions.”

Event location: Skylight Gallery at the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street)

 

Sunday, July 14 & 28, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho
(Second & Fourth Sunday of each month)
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; MHM Members Free; purchase Walking Tour tickets.

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

AUGUST

Sunday, August 25, 1:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho
(Second & Fourth Sunday of each month)
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; MHM Members Free; purchase Walking Tour tickets.

 

Current Exhibitions

Exhibitions are included with regular museum admission.

Tredwell Costume Collection: Spring & Summer Dress, 1862-1865 (MHM 2002.0840)
This two-piece spring and summer dress, 1862-1865, reflects a transitional style between the 1850s and the 1860s. The invention of synthetic aniline dyes in 1856 made possible the pink color of the fabric, which is printed in an ikat pattern. The use of both aniline dyes and printed (rather than woven) patterns made dresses like this one less expensive, and thus accessible to middle-class women.

I ❤ MHM: Fan Art of a National Treasure
The landmark 1832 Merchant’s House is indisputably a National Treasure. It is also much beloved by the many people who have been swept up in its magic over the years. The house has inspired visitors, volunteers, children, and passersby to create art in homage since it became a museum in the 1930s. Today, our archive is bursting with photographs, paintings, sculptures, mixed-media, and other artworks. On display, for the first time, are pieces depicting the late-Federal and Greek Revival facade and selected architectural features by professional and amateur artists. As the Museum fights development next door (and faces possible closure as a result), these works can’t help but serve as a reminder that we must save the Merchant’s House!

 

 

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