Black History & Culture

Virtual Visit: Joseph and Rachel Moore’s Apartment

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Check out the Tenement Museum’s newest recreated apartment in an intimate visit to Joseph and Rachel Moore’s tenement home!

Joseph and Rachel Moore were Black New Yorkers who lived in a rear tenement in today’s Soho in the 1860s, and shared their apartment with an adult daughter and two roommates, Irish immigrant Rose Brown and her multiracial son, Louis Munday.

Together with our Vice President of Programs & Interpretation Kat Lloyd and Collections Manager Lana Dubin, explore the Moores’ daily life, work, and community, with an up-close look at key collections objects in the family’s recreated home.

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