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"I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful ‚
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.
It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over...."
--Excerpt from "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
📷: Mirror in #Aaron Burr's bedchamber, Photo by Trish Mayo
#MuseumMomentofZen #MorrisJumelMansion #historichouses #NYC
#SpookySaturday There's a noticeable chill in the air and #October is around the corner. Next month on 10/21, #MorrisJumel will be talking with a few of its Historic House Trust of New York City sister houses about our #ghostly inhabitants and #paranormal encounters. Register now for our "Historic House Museums and the Paranormal" Virtual Parlor Chat! 👻 🎃 🕸️
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Waz_tAJjTAGw8_OCMwFDFQ
Photo: Trish Mayo @hhtnyc
Historic Richmond Town Merchant's House Museum #Halloween #VirtualParlorChat #historichouses #ghosts #nyhistory #NYC
#FlashbackFriday #WashingtonHeights and #Inwood have been home to #emigrants from around the world for centuries. What was life like for German-speaking Jewish #immigrants and African Americans as these neighborhoods began to become home for Dominicans and other Spanish-speakers in the 1950s and 1960s? Check out the Leo Baeck Institute's virtual exhibition Refuge in the Heights: https://www.lbi.org/exhibitions/virtual-refuge-heights/changing-neighborhood/
📷: Inside the 1 Train, 1960s. YM and YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
#nyhistory #nationalhispanicheritagemonth #RoshHashanah #jewishhistory #BlackHistory
#ConstitutionDay "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
#OTD in 1787, the US Constitution was #ratified. Learn more about how the #Constitution continues to shape our lives as a living document: https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/in-the-classroom
📸: Nari Ward, "We the People (black version)," 2015. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Virtual Parlor Chat: Famous Furniture and Duncan Phyfe
When #ElizaJumel ordered a suite of furniture from #DuncanPhyfe in the 1820s, he was one of the most famous and fashionable #cabinetmakers in the city. To keep up with demand, he had multiple shops and a large workshop and warehouse in #NYC, including this one at 168-172 Fulton Street. Learn more about #Phyfe and his work, as well as #MorrisJumel's Octagon Room suite at 7 pm. Virtual Parlor Chat tonight. Details: https://www.morrisjumel.org/virtual-parlor-chats
📸: The Shop and Warehouse of Duncan Phyfe, 168–172 Fulton Street, New York City, c. 1816. Formerly attributed to John Rubens Smith. Rogers Fund, 1922. 22.28.1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
#TriviaTuesday #DidYouKnow that former #vicepresident #AaronBurr (who died 184 years ago this week) supported #womensrights, the immediate #abolition of #slavery in #NYS in 1785 and the rights of #naturalized #immigrants? #Burr is often overshadowed by his fateful #duel with #Hamilton but there is much more to the #history of this complicated man. More: https://avenuemagazine.com/aaron-burr-secret-life-history/
#ElizaJumel #MorrisJumelMansion #nyhistory
#MansionMonday Feast your eyes upon this sumptuous detail from a #DuncanPhyfe designed chair in #MJM's Octagon Room!This custom suite of #furniture was made in the popular #Empire style, which started in #France and was inspired by motifs from #Napoleon's archeological campaigns in #Egypt, as well as ancient #Greek and #Roman styles. Learn more about Empire design and #Phyfe the famous furniture-maker in our next Virtual Parlor Chat at 7 pm. this Wed. 9/16. Register: http://ow.ly/RyZ750BqcjK
#interiordesign #historichouses #ElizaJumel #decorativearts @hhtnyc
Happy #Caturday! Perhaps you've met one of our community #cats during your walks around #MorrisJumelMansion? Our friend here was named Madame Jumel after #ElizaJumel before we realized that she was actually a he! I wonder what he is dreaming about?
Share your guesses in the chat.
#Remember911 We hold the families and friends of those who were lost, #NYC, and this nation in our thoughts today as we observe the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11. Wishing all comfort and solace today, and every day. 📸: T Mayo
#nyhistory #community #memory @hhtnyc
TOMORROW SAT 9/12: Join musician & educator Annette Aguilar from 1-2 pm for #ConEdFamilyDay! Explore a distanced drumming circle w/ many percussion instruments on the #MJM patio. This #fun #family #activity is FREE w/ registration & health survey. Learn more & sign up: https://www.morrisjumel.org/upcoming-events/2020/9/12/con-edison-family-day
📸: M Palma @hhtnyc
SATURDAY: Join musician & educator Annette Aguilar at 1 pm. for our 9/12 #ConEdFamilyDay as she invites kids, families, & friends to participate in a distanced drumming circle with various percussion instruments on the #MJM patio. This fun workshop is FREE with registration & health survey; learn more and sign up now: https://www.morrisjumel.org/upcoming-events/2020/9/12/con-edison-family-day
📸: Michael Palma
#music #kidsactivity #musicworkshop @hhtnyc
TODAY: Bienvenidos! Welcome back to the #Mansion for #ReopeningDay today! We are open from 11 am. until 5 pm. with timed tickets and have some new experiences and content for you, including:
🌸 Self-guided interior tour (available 1:00 - 5:00 pm)
🌸 Mansion & Grounds Orientation with a (socially distanced) docent (11:00 am)
🌸 New #Exhibition: "From Mansion To Museum: The Transformation of an Iconic Building"
🌸 New Stories: select historical narratives that share the contributions of Black and African Americans and women at our site including Anne Northup (wife of #SolomonNorthup who wrote #TwelveYearsASlave)
🌸 All interpretative, directional, and way-finding signs are now available in English and Spanish. (Funding for these and history research initiatives was made possible by Humanities New York and the New York Community Trust. )
🌸New Hours and Timed Tickets: Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. with health survey
All tickets are timed entry and reserved online, and entry includes taking a health survey. Learn more and plan your visit to #Manhattan's Oldest House today!
https://www.morrisjumel.org/covid19
#MorrisJumelMansion #nyhistory #RogerMorrisPark @hhtnyc
#WashingtonHeights #Inwood #nyc #WelcomeBack
📸: T. Mayo
TOMORROW: We are ready and so excited to welcome you back to the #Mansion for #ReopeningDay from 11 am. until 5 pm.! We've got some new experiences and content for you, including:
🌸 Self-guided interior tour (available 1:00 - 5:00 pm)
🌸 Mansion & Grounds Orientation with a (socially distanced) docent (11:00 am)
🌸 New #Exhibition: "From Mansion To Museum: The Transformation of an Iconic Building"
🌸 New Stories: select historical narratives that share the contributions of Black and African Americans and women at our site including Anne Northup (wife of #SolomonNorthup who wrote #TwelveYearsASlave)
🌸 All interpretative, directional, and way-finding signs are now available in English and Spanish. (Funding for these and history research initiatives was made possible by Humanities New York and the New York Community Trust. )
🌸New Hours and Timed Tickets: Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
All tickets are timed entry and reserved online, and entry includes taking a health survey. Learn more and plan your visit to Manhattan's Oldest House today! https://www.morrisjumel.org/covid19
#MorrisJumelMansion #nyhistory #RogerMorrisPark @hhtnyc
TOMORROW: We are ready and so excited to welcome you back to the #Mansion for #ReopeningDay from 11 am. until 5 pm.! We've got some new experiences and content for you, including:
🌸 Self-guided interior tour (available 1:00 - 5:00 pm)
🌸 Mansion & Grounds Orientation with a (socially distanced) docent (11:00 am)
🌸 New #Exhibition: "From Mansion To Museum: The Transformation of an Iconic Building"
🌸 New Stories: select historical narratives that share the contributions of Black and African Americans and women at our site including Anne Northup (wife of #SolomonNorthup who wrote #TwelveYearsASlave)
🌸 All interpretative, directional, and way-finding signs are now available in English and Spanish. (Funding for these and history research initiatives was made possible by Humanities New York and the New York Community Trust. )
🌸New Hours and Timed Tickets: Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
All tickets are timed entry and reserved online, and entry includes taking a health survey. Learn more and plan your visit to Manhattan's Oldest House today! https://www.morrisjumel.org/covid19
#MorrisJumelMansion #nyhistory #RogerMorrisPark @hhtnyc
Thank you to everyone who came to the Park yesterday for our special socially-distanced #concert with #TheOverlook, as well as thank you to the musicians for sharing such beautiful #music with us. It was a much needed balm for the spirit and we enjoyed seeing all of you after such a long time. We look forward to seeing you again soon as we prepare for #MJM's public #reopening on 9/10!
#MorrisJumelMansion #WashingtonHeights #Inwood #Harlem #community #classicalmusic #RogerMorrisPark @hhtnyc
The Morris-Jumel Mansion continues to stand in solidarity with the Black Community and the fight to end systemic racism. Earlier this summer @NYCParks created #Juneteenth Grove at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn to celebrate this historical #emancipation and the lives of those lost and began a program to repaint park benches in the colors of the globally recognized Pan-African Flag (Red, Black, and Green). Responding to a New York City Department of Parks and Recreation program, a bench in Roger Morris Park has been repainted. Today, we join with other parks partners and @historichousetrust properties including @kingmanor and @dyckmanfarmhouse in participating in this program and will unveil a bench in #RogerMorrisPark during a special #LaborDay pop-up concert with #TheOverlook, a string quartet who formed in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Please join us in the park today at 4 pm. to mark this event and celebrate with the music of Black composers.
#WashingtonHeights #Inwood #BLM #equality #livemusic
Congratulations to our friends #TheOverlook and thanks to @BWWMusicWorld for the wonderful article! We are excited to host the concert today with you at 4 pm. Everyone, please bring your own seating and join us in the park! #LaborDay
TODAY: Join us at #MJM at 4 pm. for a special #LaborDay #concert with the amazing string quartet #TheOverlook! Come enjoy #RogerMorrisPark while listening to #music highlighting the work of Black composers.
While seating on the terrace is limited to 20 people, visitors are welcome to bring their own seating and listen to the performance throughout the park. The concert will also be #livestreamed.
#MJM reopens to the public on Thurs. 9/10. We look forward to welcoming you back to the house! Details: http://ow.ly/u27950Bk25H
#livemusic #historichomes #WashingtonHeights #Inwood @hhtnyc
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
Morris-Jumel Mansion is reopening to the general public Thursday, 9/10, with limited hours and capacity — but this weekend we are offering MJM Members are granted *exclusive* access to our period rooms!
Not a member? Follow the link in bio and become a member now to enjoy this exclusive experience, and be among the first to view our new exhibition, From Mansion to Museum.
Reserve your tickets for next week now (or become a member today and reserve a spot for this weekend) by clicking the link in bio or visiting MorrisJumel.org
Manhattan’s Oldest House hopes to see you soon!
#historichouse #morrisjumel #washingtonheights #newyork #reopening #museum #museums #membersonly #exclusive #nyc #ny
The Morris-Jumel Mansion continues to stand in solidarity with the Black Community and the fight to end systemic racism. Responding to a New York City Department of Parks and Recreation program, a bench in #RogerMorrisPark has been repainted in the colors of the globally recognized Pan-African Flag (Red, Black, and Green). Earlier this summer @NYCParks created #Juneteenth Grove at Cadman Plaza in #Brooklyn to celebrate this historical emancipation and the lives of those lost. We join with other parks partners and @historichousetrust properties including @kingmanor and @dyckmanfarmhouse in participating in this program.
Our bench will be unveiled on Monday, September 7th during a special Labor Day pop-up concert with The Overlook, a string quartet who formed in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
#BLM #socialjustice #MorrisJumelMansion #nycparks @hhtnyc #reopening
#FeatureFriday We are excited to welcome you back to #MorrisJumelMansion! This weekend, Sept. 5th and Sept. 6th we will have free drop-in museum admission for Museum #members and up to two guests from 1:00 - 5:00 pm with the last entry each day at 4:00 pm.
Hours for the general public will begin on Thursday, September 10th.
Visit https://www.morrisjumel.org/covid19 for social distancing and ticketing info.
#reopening #welcomeback #historichouses #ElizaJumel #nyhistory @hhtnyc
For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we have the only known photograph of #ElizaJumel, c. 1850s. She is seated on the front porch of the #Mansion with multiple generations of her family. Can you see her? If you could go back in time to ask her a question, what would it be? Please share in the comments. #MorrisJumelMansion #womenshistory #nyhistory #architecture #historichouses @hhtnyc #washingtonheights
#WomenWednesday Step back in time with Jessa Krick from Historic Hudson Valley to learn more about one of the women whose story is intertwined with the #Mansion-- Mary Philipse Morris. Watch our #VirtualParlorChat to find out about her daily life and family, and if she had a romantic relationship with #GeorgeWashington. More: http://ow.ly/GBVa50BfYd5 @hhtnyc
#TriviaTuesday #DidYouKnow that #MorrisJumelMansion is a site in the Heritage Rose District of #NYC? Heritage #roses are blooms dating from the 19th century or earlier, or rare varieties. Find out more about them and explore other rose sites like #TrinityCemetery with their walking tour map: http://ow.ly/ajeD50BeHSV
📸: Heritage Rose District of NYC
Good morning! It's #MansionMonday. #MJM will be reopening this weekend, 9/5 & 9/6 for #museum members, & the park will be open to all. Tell us, what is the first thing that you look forward to doing at the Mansion when we are able to welcome you back through our doors? Reply in the comments.
📸: T Mayo
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
On this day in 1955, a murder took place in Money, Mississippi. Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped in the middle of the night by two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. They tortured Emmett, nearly beat him to death and ultimately murdered him.
In an effort to provide a space for history, truth, reconciliation and healing, the museum has acquired Emmett Till’s original casket. The powerful object not only helps tell the difficult history of racial violence and the Civil Rights movement, but it also gives pause to visitors and make them reflect in the same way that Mamie Till Mobley encouraged the public to do so in 1955.
Learn how the brutal murder of Emmett Till inspired a movement on our blog: s.si.edu/2wwd7PT. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
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
Are you ready for #free West African #danceclass tomorrow? Yahya is and can't wait to see you at noon! Come join the fun!
Our Director of Education and Family Programming tries his hands at Horseshoes!
Sound check for Chill on the Hill, though today it's more like Chilly on the Hill. Stop by before 6 to see Kevin Nathaniel and Salieu Suso!
Its time to play: Name! That! Tune! . Who knows what you'll hear at the park? Thanks to the mystery musician who stopped by this morning! #mjm1765 #mjm253 #washingtonheights
Much thanks to the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra who just finished up their set at CAFe. Come check out High Note next!!! #mjm1765 #cafe #nyc #nycfestival #nycartsandculture
General Knowltons Rangers shooting muskets in Roger Morris Park. #mjm1765 #battleofharlemheights #itweetmuseums #nycartsandculture #nyc #familydays #wahi
Fife and Drum band for the Battle of Harlem Heights today till 2pm. #mjm1765 #itweetmuseums #battleofharlemheights #nyc #nycartsandculture #wahi #familydays
The spooky things that happen at our paranormal investigations @samara_ariel We still have spots available for our next one, September 23rd, 8pm-11pm. #mjm1765 #paranormalinvestigation #taps #ghosts #ghostsofnewyork #regram #thingstodoinnyc
The Hispanic Society of America
613 W 155th StNational Track and Field Hall of Fame
216 Fort Washington AveNational Track & Field Hall of Fame
216 Fort Washington AveTemple de la renommée de l'athlétisme des Éta
216 Fort Washington Ave
Alfie's History of New York City
171 E 81st St 6A
Castle Clinton National Monument
1 Bowling Grn
Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House
1476 Richmond Rd
