In December, the Tenement Museum in New York City opened its latest exhibit, “A Union of Hope: 1869.” The exhibit is a carefully curated recreation of Joseph and Rachel Moore’s apartment in SoHo, that aims to immerse visitors into what life (and home) was like for the couple at that time.
It was the first time the Tenement Museum — which recreates and exhibits the homes of “working-class tenement residents who moved to New York City” — featured a Black family and their experiences. To bring the exhibit to life, lead researcher Marquis Taylor relied on the archives of Black newspapers of the time to better understand the conditions and contexts that the Moores lived in. Reprinted copies of the papers are installed in the exhibit for visitors to see.
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