255 year old historic house in Northern Manhattan, built in 1765. Site of General George Washington's headquarters for 5 weeks during the American Revolution.
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As we #countdown the remaining hours until #2021, #MJM hopes that you all have a safe and socially distant, yet fun, #NewYearsEve and #NewYearsDay! Be well!
#NYC #NYE #MorrisJumelMansion #historichouses #time #clocks #periodroom #OutWithTheOld #InWithTheNew #Bye2020 @hhtnyc
As we continue to count down to the #NewYear, we'd like to thank all of our MJM social media friends and Facebook followers for helping us to create a stronger online #community during the #pandemic and #quarantines.We hope that we will all be able to safely be together more, onsite and online, in 2021.
We'd also like to share #MJM's most popular and shared post in #2020, with 6,723 people reached and 431 likes, shares, and comments. It's our 6/12/20 Happy #LovingDay post. The Lovings' story and example continues to resonate and inspire us all.
#MorrisJumelMansion #history #loveislove #historichouses #NYC @hhtnyc
Happy #LovingDay! Today is the 53rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia (1967) in which all laws against interracial marriage were declared unconstitutional.
The case centered around the marriage of multiracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving who were married in 1958 in Washington, DC. The Lovings were arrested and threatened with jail time for their marriage when they returned home to Virginia unless they moved out of the state for 25 years. They sued and won, and each year, cities and states across America observe #LovingDay to observe the couples' civil rights victory and to commit to fighting racial prejudice, celebrating all diverse relationships, and building a strong multiethnic community.
This year, the organizers of #LovingDay urge everyone to view this event "as a way to start conversations about racial injustice. Let's commit to using our voices to speak up against anti-Black racism in all of the spaces we have access to."
Learn more at http://www.lovingday.org/
#MildredLoving #RichardLoving #LovingvVirginia #SupremeCourt #LoveisLove #multiethnic #civilrights #marriage #AmericanHistory #FeatureFriday #NYC #WashingtonHeights #MorrisJumelMansion
Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom
Marguerite. That was her name. She posed with her hand on her left hip, pursed her lips, and stared confidently at the viewer in this hand-colored tintype that dates from the late nineteenth century. Following abolition, recently emancipated African Americans enjoyed their freedom by patronizing portrait studios and documenting the full reclamation of taking pleasure in their own fashioned bodies. Though the photo suffers from discoloration, it appears Marguerite styled herself in a plaid multi-layered gown over a subtle bustle and several layers of petticoats.
Did any of you see the #moon last night? Tonight will be the last #fullmoon of 2020, and is known as the "Cold Moon." Learn more about this special moon The Old Farmers Almanac: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-dates-and-times
#astronomy #phasesofthemoon #December #coldmoon #RogerMorrisPark #NYC
#MansionMonday In 1826, #ElizaJumel wrote to her husband Stephen requesting him to purchase rolls of #cloud wallpaper for the Octagon Room while he was traveling in #France. Today’s wallpaper is based upon a c. 1815 paper design found in the archival collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The Mansion worked together with Atelier D’Offard to recreate this pattern, using hand carved wooden blocks. This photo shows the paper being created in long rolls.
#MorrisJumelMansion #historichouses #interiordesign #Francophile #OctagonRoom #periodroom #MuseumAtHome @hhtnyc
MJM’s amazing, vibrant docent, Jennifer Arnold, was featured in CBS Sunday Morning’s tribute to those who lost their lives to COVID-19. Jennifer was a valued, vivacious member of our community and is greatly missed by the MJM family. Her name is hanging on the gates of the Roger Morris Park as a part of Andrea Arroyo’s living memorial “CoVIDA: Homage to Victims of the Pandemic,” along with so many other names of those who’ve lost their lives during the COVID-19 crisis who have been submitted by our community.
To find out more about CoVIDA or submit a name to the memorial, visit MorrisJumel.org/covida or click the link below to view the CBS segment. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gone-but-never-forgotten-those-we-lost-to-covid-19/#x
#covid19 #covidart #memorial #cbssundaymorning #remembering #livingmemorial #phantomoftheopera #rogermorrispark #nyc #washingtonheights #harlem
#MuseumMomentofZen Now that 2020 is drawing to a close, we hope that you are finding time for a moment of rest, self-care, and a chance to #read a good #book (or two). Tell us, what have you been reading lately? #booklovers #libraries #storytelling #Sunday #historichouses
Today is the start of #Kwanzaa, a seven-day #holiday to celebrate #AfricanAmerican history & communities. Each night, one of seven candles, representing key community principles like unity, are lit & discussed, and the holiday ends with a large feast. Learn more: http://ow.ly/V6X650CUD9n
#FBF #MorrisJumelMansion wishes a #MerryChristmas to those who celebrate today, and sends good tidings for a safe, peaceful, & #HappyNewYear to all!
📸: 2019 #MJM Victorian Holiday Party.
#holidays #Christmas #festive #community #family #celebration #nyc #historichouses @hhtnyc
#DYK #NYC local #ClementClarkeMoore shaped many of our ideas about #Santa & #ChristmasEve? Moore wrote his classic #poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" in 1837. Here is part of his handwritten manuscript @NYHistory. Wishing those who celebrate a "Happy Christmas" eve!
🎅🎄🎁🦌
Credit: New-York Historical Society Library
#WashingtonWednesday #Christmas #holiday celebrations in the 18th century may have included a cup of hot #wassail, or cider with spices. Here's a recipe from @colonialwmsburg if you'd like to make your own this season! Cheers!
Holiday Wassail
from Entertaining Ideas from Williamsburg
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple cider
1 large can pineapple juice (unsweetened)
3/4 cup tea can use herb tea)
Place in a cheesecloth sack:
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 Tablespoon whole allspice
2 sticks cinnamon
Directions: This is great cooked in a crock pot. Let it simmer very slowly for 4 to 6 hours. You can add water if it evaporates too much. Serves 20.
#holidays #winter #celebration #foodhistory #MuseumAtHome #festive #HereWeComeAWassailing @hhtnyc
Winter Hours: #MJM will be open to the public Thursday - Sunday, 11- 5 pm, with reserved tickets. However, we will be closed on 12/24 and 12/25 for the #Christmas holiday, as well as 1/1/21 on #NewYearsDay.
May you all have a happy and safe holiday season!
#SeasonsGreetings #NYC #WearAMask #community #HappyHolidays #historichouses #RogerMorrisPark @hhtnyc
The Bowery Boys
Since 1911, a Christmas tradition in an uptown cemetery -- a procession by candlelight -- has paid tribute to a famous New Yorker and his very famous poem. But that Washington Heights tradition will look a little different this year:
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2020/12/the-new-york-christmas-tradition-in-an-uptown-cemetery.html
While the museum is closed today, the park is open! Come see @andreaarroyoart public #art installation #CoVIDA - Homage to Victims of the Pandemic before it closes at the end of the month. #reflection #andreaarroyo #mourning #pandemic #life #NYC #community @hhtnyc
#MansionMonday We have a surprise visitor in the Park today! I wonder what this #snow person's name might be? Share any ideas and name suggestions in the comments! #MorrisJumelMansion #RogerMorrisPark #nyc #WashingtonHeights #historichouses #WinterSolstice #winter @hhtnyc
Happy #WinterSolstice! Today marks the first official day of #winter in the Northern Hemisphere when the sun is at its lowest point in the sky and we have the shortest amount of daylight. Tomorrow, the days will slowly get longer, though! 📷: T Mayo #historichouses #clock @hhtnyc
Last week we held a raffle to win a signed book during our Virtual Parlor Chat featuring Matthew Spady and Avi Gitler (check out our past Parlor Chats by clicking the link in bio). Any participants who made a donation during the program were entered to win a signed book by Matthew Spady and an Audubon Mural print!
Congratulations to our winners @karen.frankie @kkngzz — thank you for supporting our mission! 💙🙏
We are still running two more raffles through the end of the year! All MJM visitors receive a survey after their visit - everyone who fills out the survey is entered to win a one year membership to MJM (raffle drawings quarterly!)
Any visitor who makes a purchase before 12/31 will ALSO be entered to win a one year membership to the museum.
#shopsmall #raffle #winners #congratulations #audubon #audubonsociety #historichouse #nyc
Good morning! We are open today, Saturday, and Sunday from 11-5 pm. Why not visit the wintry wonderland of Roger Morris Park and get some last minute holiday shopping done at the house? Here is a beautiful shot of MJM in the snow, taken by our Visitor Services colleague Nicole L.
Thank you again to Audubon Park Historic District Matthew Spady and Gitler & _____'s Avi Gitler for a fascinating conversation about the legacy of #Audubon in #NorthernManhattan last night! Also, a special thank you to our participants who had such great comments and questions! There was so much to talk about that we sadly couldn't get to them all, but we will have to have another event and follow-up posts about this topic to keep the conversation going!
Matthew and Avi have generously offered two autographed copies of the book The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot (for donations over $20), as well as a print of @georgeboorujy's "Gang of Warblers" (for donations over $40) for our MJM raffle. There's still time to participate if you are able and interested in donating to MJM to help us to continue to keep as many of our public programs and educational outreach free of charge. Winners will be announced tomorrow (12/18) on our social media at noon!
Text "MJM" to 44-321 or visit https://www.morrisjumel.org/donate
Thank you, Everyone!
#TBT Today is a snowy day in #NYC and much of the East Coast. We hope that everyone is safe and warm inside, enjoying a nice cup of tea or hot cocoa, as they did in this 1887 picture, taken in the #Mansion's French Parlor. ☕❄️
#MorrisJumelMansion #historichouses #MuseumAtHome #nyhistory #Victorian #interior @hhtnyc
In this program, historic preservationist Matthew Spady, author of "The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It," and art dealer Avi Gitler (Gitler & ____ and the Audubon Mural Project) will discuss how their individual efforts helped revive and restore Audubon's legacy in Northern Manhattan.
Participants can pick up a discounted copy of Mr. Spady’s book online at the Word Up Community Bookstore / Libreria Comunitaria website, using promo code MMMBDFYTB2020.
Free with Zoom registration. Register for this Virtual Parlor Chat now!
https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_NtHkK7-BQouI4FyBW3mIEQ
(Image: A Quintet of Warblers by George Boorujy, photo by Mike Fernandez and The Audubon Society)
TODAY @ 7 pm: How does #JohnJamesAudubon's life's work, The Birds of America continue to shape the landscape of #WashingtonHeights & #Inwood today? Join Avi Gitler, co-founder of the #AudubonMuralProject, as he discusses #Audubon's legacy with author Matthew Spady in tonight's #VirtualParlorChat. Zoom link with registration: http://ow.ly/mhna50CNflg
📸: : AMP mural by George Boorujy. Photo by Mike Fernandez/ Audubon Society.
#MorrisJumelMansion #AudubonPark #AudubonMuralProject #history Audubon New York The Connecticut Audubon Society New Jersey Audubon New York City Department of Parks & Recreation NYC Audubon National Audubon Society
TONIGHT on Zoom @ 7 pm: #DYK that #JohnJamesAudubon was born out of wedlock on the island of Saint Domingue, today's Haiti? This fact, along with the existence of three half-sisters who were of mixed race, was carefully edited out of his own origin story. Learn more about #Audubon's life, work, and legacy in #NorthernManhattan tonight @ 7 pm. with author Matthew Spady and Avi Gitler. Free with registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NtHkK7-BQouI4FyBW3mIEQ
#MorrisJumelMansion #AudubonPark #AudubonMuralProject #history #BirdsofNorthAmerica @hhtnyc
How Enslaved People Helped Shape Fashion History
Their unpaid labor created countless garments, but they were also trendsetters on their own terms.
#TriviaTuesday The answer is D. 6 places are named Audubon Park in the US in honor of #JohnJamesAudubon, including one in #NYC. Learn more about #Audubon's life and legacy in #UpperManhattan tomorrow (12/16) at 7 pm. at our #free #VirtualParlorChat with author Matthew Spady and Avi Gitler (#AudubonMuralProject)
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NtHkK7-BQouI4FyBW3mIEQ
#TriviaTuesday How many places are named Audubon Park in the United States? Is it:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 6
Reply below; answers will be revealed at 4:30 pm. today. Good luck!
#Audubon #JohnJamesAudubon #birds #nature #VirtualParlorChat #MorrisJumelMansion #AudubonMuralProject
TODAY at 5:30pm EST, New York Adventure Club in collaboration with MJM invite you to join our educator, Meg Lynch, as she discusses the History of Ice Cream in New York - then stick around for a DIY peppermint crunch ice creaming demonstration. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win a free scoop of ice cream from Sugar Hill Creamery!
See link in bio to purchase tickets!
#icecream #biden #washington #sugarhill #washingtonheights #diy
TODAY @ 5:30 pm. There's still time to get tickets & ingredients to make your own #candycane crunch #icecream w/ #MJM educator Meg Lynch & enter to win a Sugar Hill Creamery scoop at today's 5:30 pm. #History of Ice Cream in #NYC w/ New York Adventure Club. https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-history-of-ice-cream-in-new-york-w-diy-ice-cream-making-demo-webinar-registration-129483967031/
#nyhistory #desserts #creamedice #foodhistory #yum
#OTD As stated in the #US #Constitution, Article II, Section 1, #electors from each state & the #DistrictofColumbia are gathering today to formally certify #Election2020 votes to declare #JosephBiden as #president-elect. More: https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-ii/clauses/350
#electoralcollege #civics
TODAY 12/13 at 12:30pm EST, MJM and visual artist, Andrea Arroyo will join THE CITY, BPL and ReImagine for a “Memorials in New York” presentation (part of MISSING THEM, a three day event series honoring the victims of COVID) in discussion about the public art installation, CoVIDA. Join us at 12:30 with fellow presenters Naming the Lost and Care for the Homeless as we discuss the importance of memorials.
Register here: https://letsreimagine.org/74712/memorials-in-new-york-heres-how-people-are-remembering
#publicart #covida #livingmemorial #memorial #covid_19 #nyc #washingtonheights #inwood #hamiltonheights
MJM and Andrea Arroyo Artist are honored to take part in the "Missing Them" Event Series hosted by BPL and THE CITY to remember and reflect on the lives of loved ones lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. MJM and Ms. Arroyo will be presenting about her living memorial, CoVIDA - Homage to Victims of the Pandemic, alongside other local memorial creators - such as Naming The Lost and Carefor Thehomeless who are also striving to creatively and respectfully memorialize those lost during the pandemic this Sunday, 12/13 from 12:30 until 2:30 pm.
We invite all members of our community to join in on what will surely be a beautiful, unifying program.
#remember #grieving #Pandemic #community #communitysupport #NYC #washingtonheights #inwood #harlem Brooklyn Public Library
Join us on Friday night to kick off THE CITY’s MISSING THEM Memorial Event with poetry readings on loss, grieving and celebrating life during a pandemic, presented by Brooklyn Public Library featuring poets Ellen Bass, Ross Gay and Aracelis Girmay.
Maybe you've heard the name #Audubon before in connection with #conservation organizations like the National Audubon Society or seen his magnificent bird paintings on display at New-York Historical Society? But did you know that #JohnJamesAudubon has a strong connection to #Uptown #Manhattan? Join #historian Matthew Spady, author of The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot, and Avi Gitler from the #AudubonMuralProject online 12/16 at 7 pm. as they discuss #Audubon's legacy today.
Register for this Virtual Parlor Chat now! https://www.morrisjumel.org/virtual-parlor-chats
Audubon New York Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria New York City Department of Parks & Recreation The Hispanic Society Museum & Library The Connecticut Audubon Society American Museum of Natural History Inwood Art Works Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Historic House Trust of New York City Historic Districts Council New York Preservation Archive Project Urban Archive Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
65 Jumel Ter
New York, NY
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Subway "C" train to 163rd Street. Exit the stairs at the south-east end of the station. Walk past the C-Town grocery store and proceed up stone stairwell on the left (east) side of St. Nicolas Avenue. Museum entrance is directly ahead of you at the end of Sylvan Terrace. Bus M2 ( Madison Ave.) to 160th and Edgecombe Ave. (uphill walk one block west to Jumel Terrace. Museum Entrance is 1/2 block north on Jumel Terrace) M3 or M18 (Madison Ave.) to 160th and St. Nicholas Ave. (walk 1/2 block east to Jumel Terrace. Museum Entrance is 1/2 block north on Jumel Terrace) M101 (Third Ave.) to 161st and Amsterdam Ave. (walk one block south to West 160th Street and two short blocks to Jumel Terrace. Museum entrance is 1/2 block north on Jumel Terrace).
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TOMORROW, 9/7: Join us outside of #MorrisJumelMansion at 4 pm. for a special #LaborDay concert by #TheOverlook! Formed in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Overlook is a string quartet dedicated to performing concert music in Upper Manhattan by Black composers. They frequently collaborate with living Black composers and songwriters, and seek out wrongfully-overlooked music to add to their growing repertoire. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdown, the players (violinists Monica Davis and Adda Kridler, violist Angela Pickett and cellist Laura Metcalf) enjoyed busy performance schedules both on tour and with groups such as award-winning string quintet Sybarite5 and in the orchestras of top Broadway musicals including Hamilton, Beetlejuice and Come From Away. Event capacity will be limited to 20 guests and audience members are encouraged to bring their own seating/picnic blankets for the concert. No registration is required. Please drop-in and join us for this special Labor Day performance! #free #livemusic #classicalmusic #outdoors #WashingtonHeights #RogerMorrisPark #sociallydistanced
Eliza Jumel, a puppet, reads the book Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass by Dean Robbins, with illustrations by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko at the Morris-Jumel Mansion. Learn more about this book by visiting the author's page: http://deanrobbins.net/two-friends-su... See the "Let's Have Tea" statue which inspired the author to write this book: http://www.douglasstour.com/tour/susa...
Happy Sunday 8/23/2020 Donations always appreciated [email protected] Marjorie Eliot
Saturday 8/22/2020 Donations appreciated [email protected] Marjorie Eliot
Morris-Jumel Mansion's Executive Director, Shiloh Holley welcomes everyone to the 28th Annual Virtual Jazz at the Mansion concert on August 22 and 23, from 2:30 pm. until 5:30 pm. Eastern. Morris-Jumel Mansion is proud to co-host this concert in partnership with jazz pianist Marjorie Eliot, Parlor Entertainment Harlem, and with the Jazz Foundation of America. This year, due to the pandemic, the performances will be livestreamed on Facebook from Ms. Eliot's parlor on the Parlor Entertainment Harlem and Morris-Jumel pages. Please log on to Facebook to livestream this event at 2:30 pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/319643976060870/
Live now - Our Virtual Parlor Chat “How the Mosquito Changed the Course of the American Revolution” with Professor Tim Winegard, Colorado Mesa University
GatherNYC presents the online debut of The Overlook. Formed in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Overlook is a string quartet dedicated to performing concert music by Black composers. They can be found playing open-air concerts for their neighbors in upper Manhattan, collaborating with living Black composers and songwriters, and seeking out more wrongfully overlooked music to add to their growing repertoire. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdown, the players (violinists Monica Davis and Adda Kridler, violist Angela Pickett and cellist Laura Metcalf) enjoyed busy performance schedules both on tour with groups such as award-winning string quintet Sybarite5 and in the orchestras of top Broadway musicals including Hamilton, Beetlejuice and Come From Away. For their "Mindful Minutes" performance, the quartet plays Voodoo Dolls by Jessie Montgomery, an energetic work influenced by African drumming patterns and lyrical chant motives. If you are enjoying "Mindful Minutes" and wish to support our artists, whose live performance schedules will be compromised for some time to come, please consider a tax-deductible donation of any amount at the link below. We are deeply grateful to those who have already helped keep our industry afloat during this challenging time. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/gathernyc
Architecture as Identity: Harlem's Colonial-Inspired Style The Harlem Renaissance Virtual Salon continues on Sunday, August 9th at 4:00pm with our cultural partner, Morris Jumel Mansion presenting Architecture as Identity: Harlem's Colonial-Inspired Style with John Reddick and co-panelists. In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, Morris-Jumel Mansion in partnership with Harlem One Stop and the Harlem Cultural Collaborative present Harlem Renaissance 100 Virtual Salon: - Architecture as Identity: Harlem's Colonial Inspired Style followed by a conversation with John Reddick and co-panelists. Harlem's "Colonial"-inspired architecture served as a stage set and endorsement of a "modern" black presence. In this engaging lecture, architect and historian John Reddick explores the influence of colonial design in Harlem's early modern architecture from the 1920s through the 1940s. Reddick discusses how Harlem's early twentieth-century designs, like the Roger Morris Apartments, the Colonial Park & Pool, and Vertner Tandy's "Dark Tower," served as not only a backdrop to the Jazz Age, but as a tool for elevating class and status within the Black community. Learn about the historic legacy and socio-cultural context of these buildings which will be expanded upon in the panel discussion following the lecture.
#TBT Many people are unaware that #MJM has an historic connection with the #Northup family featured in the memoir, Twelve Years a Slave. Shortly after Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into #slavery, his wife Anne met Eliza Jumel in Saratoga and was hired to be her cook. For a brief period in the 1840s, Anne and her three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo lived and worked onsite at the Mansion or nearby for Eliza's other relatives. Thanks to a @HumanitiesNY Vision Grant, #MorrisJumel is working with scholar David Fiske and others to uncover and share the stories of the Northups and other freed and enslaved African Americans connected with our #historichouse. Learn more about the Northup Family story: http://ow.ly/baPt50AMmMR #BlackHistory #womenshistory #MuseumsAreNotNeutral
The Mansion's namesakes, the Morris and Jumel families, are only a part of our story. This spring, MJM was awarded a Humanities New York Vision Grant to recenter the Mansion's historical narrative to include the voices of Black Americans and others who have been marginalized in the past. We are excited to embark on this project in the Fall and look forward to sharing more stories from the Mansion's history, including the experiences of enslaved people who worked for the Morris family; William Lee who was George Washington's enslaved valet; and freed woman, Anne Northup, who worked as Eliza Jumel's cook as she fought to repatriate her husband, Solomon, from bondage. Solomon's harrowing story is retold in his memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave." We are committed to moving forward on this important journey with you as we seek to convert this understanding into action and understand how our shared histories inform our present. We are grateful for project support through a Humanities New York Vision Grant. Image: "Arrival Home, and the first meeting with his wife and children," Twelve Years a Slave or Solomon Northup, 1853. #MorrisJumelMansion #BlackHistory #nyhistory #history #womenshistory #slavery #research #knowtheirnames #twitterstorians #HumanitiesNY Historic House Trust of New York City #AmericanHistory #WashingtonHeights #WilliamLee #GeorgeWashington #ElizaJumel #AnneNorthup #SolomonNorthup #TwelveYearsASlave
#TriviaTuesday Today, we've got a question for you cinephiles--How is #MorrisJumel connected to movie history? Was it: a) The site where the first motion picture was filmed? b) Visited by the silent screen actor Charlie Chaplin? c) The prospective site for Thomas Edison's motion picture studios? d) The intended venue for Louis Le Prince's demo of his moving picture camera? Please share your answer below in the comments. The answer will be revealed this afternoon. Film clip courtesy of the Library of Congress. http://ow.ly/JWkb50zPNM8 @hhtnyc #MorrisJumel #filmindustry #moviehistory #MuseumFromHome #popularculture #historichouses Film Summary from LOC.gov: The film is of the third annual parade of the Road Drivers Association of New York. A procession of fine horses and fashionable carriages move along the Harlem River Speedway, in the Highbridge section of northern Manhattan. The view is from the Manhattan side of the river looking north. On the right is the Harlem River and on the opposite bank, the Bronx. Prominent in the background is the High Bridge at 175th Street. Beyond the High Bridge is the Washington Bridge at 181st Street. The "Speedway" was opened in 1898 exclusively for the running of horses and light carriages and was a popular destination for racing. Contributor Names Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
We're live with our first Virtual Chat! Learn about the "Real" Mary Morris!
Can’t think of a better was to start off #museumweek2020 than reposting MJM’s friend and neighbor, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s heart-felt message of gratitude to the staff of @NYPHospital! We couldn’t have said it better - the heroes on the frontlines of #coronavirus didn’t sign up for this battle, yet they show up, and keep fighting every day. @NYPHospital has supported our community and museum programming through their CHALK initiative in the past, and we feel so grateful to be in the capable hands of these medical warriors during this present COVID-19 crisis. Heroes don’t fly, or wear capes, but they do SHOW UP. We are so grateful to every hero who has shown up to help us all through this crisis, especially @NYPHospital, and all of the healthcare workers in our MJM family, and community. We see you, and we thank you. . . . . . . . #HeroesMW #unsungheroes #heroesdontwearcapes #whosyourhero #museumweek #museumweek2020 #museumsforculture #museumsfromhome #covid19 #coronavirus #stayhome #shelterinplace #Morrisjumelmansion #morrisjumel #mjm #historichouse #hhtnyc #repost @nyphospital #linmanuelmiranda #intheheights #nypheroes #washingtonheights
This weekend, help the schools in our communities when their doors reopen and for the next 10 years by responding to the #2020Census now. It's easy to do while social distancing! You can answer online, by phone, or by mail. Visit 2020Census.gov #ShapeYourFuture
@USCensusBureau No matter where you call home, the #2020Census is your chance to shape the future of your community and your answers are kept confidential. Complete the census today! 2020Census.gov #ShapeYourFuture
#MuseumMomentofZen Today marks the 235th birthday of famous artist & naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851). Like Eliza Jumel's husband Stephen, #Audubon was born in Saint Domingue (Haiti) & he spent the last years of his life living close to the #Mansion in #NorthernManhattan. He is best known for creating The Birds of America, a record of 1,065 birds. Enjoy the different types of bird calls in this video from the #colonial #garden. If you listen closely, you can also hear another type of "call" for humans. What does this second "call" communicate to you? #MuseumFromHome #birds #nature #morrisjumel #nycparks
Bah, Humbug! Looking for holiday events for the whole family? “A Christmas Carol” is coming to the Morris-Jumel Mansion! 50% off “SCROOGE” promo ends TONIGHT - Cyber Monday at Midnight!
Yahya has been doing a phenomenal job leading our free West African Dance class this year! It's has been such a delight having his energy and guidance every Sunday here at the Mansion. Thanks, Yahya!!!
We're a little pumped for #FightintheHeights. Are you?
Its not too late to FALL into our #free West African Dance class. Tomorrow, Sunday September 23rd from 12-1:30, join the incredible Yahaya Kamate for dancing and fun! #freeevents #freeeventsnyc #freeeventsWashingtonHeights #morrisjumelmansion #morrisjumel
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