From politics to pop culture, women on the Lower East Side have long led movements for social, cultural, and political change. Explore the digital exhibit to discover stories of workers and activists, creators and changemakers who brought new ideas to their homes, streets and factories, and consider how their legacies survive today.
This interactive exhibit traces the stories of five former residents of the Museum’s tenement buildings, from the 1860s through the 1990s, who lived with and ultimately died from, contagious disease. We invite you to look closer and examine the stories of individuals who live with illnesses, past and present. Who are they, and what are their experiences?
This digital exhibit, in partnership with the Small Business Services Administration, is adapted from our successful 2019 on-site exhibition. It explores how immigrant entrepreneurs persevered through times of economic and public health crises, both in the past and today.
This year, we all have a chance to be part of history by participating in the 2020 Census. In this digital exhibit, you’ll get a behind the scenes look at how our Museum historians have used the census to learn how residents of the Lower East Side lived.
Explore the changing community through videos, photos, documents, and oral histories in this dynamic digital storytelling experience. See how the Lower East Side in the 1900s, Loisaida in the 1960s, and Chinatown in the 1980s overlapped and get a glimpse of the families and cultures that defined the neighborhood.