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Located at 108 Orchard Street, the Visitors Center is a state-of-the-art space packed with gifts for all ages and the city's finest collection of books about the Lower East Side, New York and immigration past and present.   Located at 90 Orchard Street, Recollections features an amazing array of antique items for the kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. Located in the historic space of a 1901 building, the shop evokes the feeling of being in a tenement apartment. Recollections is a truly unique stop on Orchard Street. Curatorial Consultant Pamela Keech was cleaning the outside walls of Recollections, new Museum's new antiques and collectibles shop at 90 Orchard Street, when she unearthed these vintage New York posters. On the left is a poster promoting both a benefit for the Israel Orphan Asylum and a rally for Mayor Vincent Impellitteri. The poster on the right is an advertisement for Hersh's wine. More information about these discoveries is available online, though it's well worth swinging by Orchard Street to see these sparkling samples of bygone New York. Everything You Need to Know About Latino History is an invaluable and exceptionally readable book for anyone curious to learn about the history and current lives of Central Americans, Cubans, Dominicans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Written by Cuban-born professor and playwright Himilce Novas, Everything... answers the most important and interesting questions about Latino history: Who are the great Latino scientists? How did the drug trade engulf Columbia? How much political clout do Latinos really wield? And many others. Everything You Need to Know About Latino History is a great read and a great resource. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Everything You Need to Know About Latino History is available for 10% off at shop.tenement.org Don’t forget to to vote for the Tenement Museum for the Sustainable Tourism Award – a prestigious award of $20,000 given to a model tourism project that supports the preservation of historic or culturally significant entities. The finalist that logs the most votes on the award’s website will win--so please vote every day until October 31st! Each year on September 17th, America honors Citizenship Day by swearing in thousands of immigrants as citizens of the United States. These new citizens have made it through background checks, interviews and a five-year period during which they have proven that they are of "good moral character." They've also passed a challenging test about the United States' history and culture. A few of the questions from the exam are listed below; scroll down to see the answers. Good luck...you might be surprised to find that you need it! How many amendments are there to the Constitution? What do the stripes on the United States' flag represent? Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"? Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? In what year was the Constitution written? September 15th marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic New Yorkers make up 27% of the City’s total population. During the last decade, the number of Hispanics living in New York City soared to its highest level ever, surpassing over 2 million residents. New York has long been home to small Hispanic communities. During the mid-19th century, the city became a haven for political exiles whose purpose was to make Puerto Rico and Cuba independent from Spain. After receiving American citizenship under the Jones Act of 1917, more than 10,000 Puerto Ricans migrated to New York; between 1945 and 1970, their numbers continued to grow. Many arrived via plane and ultimately settled in East Harlem, the South Bronx, and the Lower East Side, an area the community later rechristened “Loisaida.” Although Puerto Ricans remain New York’s largest Hispanic group, the City is home to an increasingly large number of Columbians, Dominicans, Ecuadorians, Peruvians and Mexicans, among others. During the past decade, Mexicans witnessed the largest growth among all the major immigrant groups in New York. Though Hispanic New Yorkers have already helped reshape the city, their growing numbers and increased diversity have led many experts to predict even more profound changes in municipal politics and regional culture. 1. There are twenty-seven ammendments; 2. The thirteen original states; 3. Patrick Henry; 4. Thomas Jefferson; 5. 1787 If you found these questions interesting, try your hand at the other 96 questions that were developed for the Citizenship Exam.