The Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan, a home built in 1832 by Joseph Brewster, has always been part of New York City's ...

Staff at Manhattan’s Merchant’s House Museum identified a concealed vertical passageway linked to a historic safe house, a ...

“It’s a critical piece of the overall struggle for freedom and justice,” said one city councilmember ...

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. To the naked eye, the 4-story brick row house ...

A museum that bills itself as a time capsule of old New York just turned up a hidden chapter of American history under a ...

NOHO, Manhattan (PIX11) — A living piece of Black history has been newly uncovered at a historic New York City institution. A portion of the Underground Railroad has been discovered for the first time ...

A hidden passageway linked to the Underground Railroad was discovered at the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan.

The Merchant’s House Museum was NYC’s first landmarked building, but until this year, the function of a small hidden passageway in the house was unknown. When ...

The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan. It was built on East 4th Street by Joseph Brewster, a ...

The Merchant's House Museum believes this passageway, hidden in a dresser, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. They tell WCBS at the time, even some northern states weren't safe for those escaping ...

Having the LIRR share space with road and foot traffic may seem illogical, but the 192-year-old railroad was here first.

A monumental discovery has been made inside a New York City museum. Manhattan historians recently discovered even more ...