Media/Press

Welcome to the Tenement Museum’s online press office. This page features fact sheets for the institution and its programming, press releases, and recent news. High-resolution images for publication are available by contacting [email protected]. Questions from members of the media should also be directed to [email protected] or by calling 646-518-3061.

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Over the last several months, we’ve been thrilled to share with the public that in late 2022 we’ll be adding a new exhibit to one of our two historic tenement buildings, telling the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore, an actual Black family who lived in...

In the News

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NPR's Here & Now

Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS)

The New York Times

And we're on the list! | The Washington Post

WNYC's All of It

Yes! Magazine

Inhabit

The Bowery Boys

Curbed NY

Gotham Magazine

The New York Times

The Forward

Jing Culture & Commerce

Terra X

TimeOut

Tablet Magazine

The Wall Street Journal

Named "the greatest of all New York museum stores"

Go World Travel

Forward

By Morris J. Vogel, for the Wall-Street Journal

The New York Times

Preservation Magazine

CBS This Morning

Bustle

Hyperallergic

New York Post

Robb Report

Preservation Magazine

Business Insider

The New York Times

Fortune Magazine

Crain's New York

The Wall Street Journal

New York Times

Untapped New York

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Press Releases

Check out recent press releases.

The Tenement Museum's 2022 Gala will honor Hulu's Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.

The Tenement Museum and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 have agreed on an initial, ten-month contract.

Annie Polland will lead in an unprecedented time in the institution’s history

Contact: Jamie Salen, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, [email protected], 646-518-3061 7/22/2020, New York, NY- As the country continues to battle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and New York State issues restrictive...

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Media Contact

For immediate media inquiries and photo requests please contact [email protected] or 646-518-3061.

Press Tour Policy: Tenement Museum policy permits a member of the press group one complimentary pass to a tour or program, which are given at the discretion of the Associate Director of Media and Communications on the basis of credentials and proposed coverage. This is because the Museum is seen by guided tour only, has a limited capacity of tickets for our programming each day and relies on ticket sales to keep up with its operating costs. Thank you.

Statements

Why is the Tenement Museum Telling Black History?

In the News

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $33.17 Million in Grants

The Washington Post’s Lede Lab takes readers inside the Tenement Museum in New York City using high-resolution photogrammetry

Two Joseph Moores — one Black, one white — inspire NY Tenement Museum to explore Black history

In the Spotlight: Annie Polland

New York Times Features the Tenement Museum’s Black History Projects

22 of the Washington Post’s best stories from the last year

Reclaiming Black Spaces Walking Tour

Walking Tours Get a Radical Makeover, Focusing on People’s Histories

Corcoran DEI Joins Tenement Museum for ‘Reclaiming Black Spaces’ Walking Tour

Nuyorican: The Great Puerto Rican Migration to New York

The Lower East Side’s (Not Very Well Known) Black History

The 24 Best Museums in NYC

A New Marvel Hero Battles Supervillains and Teen Angst

A Jewish guide to Christmas in New York

How Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Digital Accelerator Is Giving Arts Organizations A Digital Boost

A Day in New York 1882

10 hidden spots in NYC Irish history

The Tenement Museum has an official reopening date

Streets of New York

Padma Lakshmi, Host of ‘Taste the Nation,’ on Great Food Towns and ‘Filthy’ TV Shows

Exit This Year Through the Museum Gift Shop

Cool NYC Museums to Visit Aside From the Famous Met and MoMA

Battered by the pandemic, the Tenement Museum looks ahead with arrival of new president

Pandemic Perseverance, Then and Now

A Museum Devoted to Survivors Now Faces Its Own Fight to Live

Support Historic Sites with our 2022 Gift Guide

How Health Crises Helped Shape Our Cities

Here’s How To Support Jewish People Amid Rising Antisemitism

The Tenement Museum Maps a Century of Deadly Diseases and Their Human Stories

Getting back to hands-on learning at NYC museums

Nonprofits Are Struggling Because of Covid. Here Are 17 That Could Use Your Help.

A Ceramic Tureen Brings Back Mealtime Memories at New York’s Tenement Museum

You can take a virtual trip to New York City with a stroll through Central Park and a performance of your favorite Broadway musical

The Lower East Side: Where Historic Tenements Meet Glassy Towers

The Coronaviris Economy: President of the New York City Tenement Museum on what we can learn from previous pandemics

Cultural institutions are reinventing their revenue streams

There Goes the Neighborhood

New York City Museums Teach the History of Immigration

Top 10 Secrets of the Tenement Museum

Press Releases

Tenement Museum Gala to Honor Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Tenement Museum and Local 1120 United Auto Workers Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement

Tenement Museum Announces New President

Amid Continued Public Health Crisis and Restrictive NY State Reopening Guidelines The Tenement Museum Announces Layoffs of previously furloughed hourly part-time staff

Fact Sheets

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