Virtual Tenement Tours

Join us for a virtual tour exploring the Rogarshevsky family, a Jewish American family from Lithuania who lived in 97 Orchard Street in the 1910s.

Visit the 1930s home of Adolpho and Rosaria Baldizzi, immigrants from Sicily who lived at 97 Orchard Street.

Travel back to 1860s New York to visit Joseph and Bridget Moore, Irish immigrants living with their children at 97 Orchard Street.

Visit the 1960s home of the Saez Velez family, who migrated from Puerto Rico and lived at 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side.

In this interactive program, meet John or Caroline Schneider, the proprietors of 97 Orchard Street's first business — a lager beer saloon.

Journey back in time to 1916 and learn from an actor playing Victoria Confino, a real 14-year-old girl who immigrated to the United States in 1913.

Join us for a virtual walking tour exploring the history of the Lower East Side through its architecture over the course of 200 years.

A virtual book talk with Jane Ziegelman, author of "97 Orchard Street: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement."

A virtual book talk with Scott Seligman, author of "The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City."

A virtual book talk with Scott Seligman, author of "The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City."