Arts & Entertainment

Merchant's House Museum In Lower Manhattan Reopens Ahead Of 85th Anniversary

It opened to the public as a museum on May 11, 1936, after 98 years as a home to a single family.

April 25, 2021

Lower Manhattan‘s Merchant’s House Museum is marking its 85th anniversary this year.

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It opened to the public as a museum on May 11, 1936, after 98 years as a home to a single family.

It was among the first 20 buildings designated in 1965 under the city’s new landmarks law and the very first in Manhattan.

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