Through Their Hands: Three Centuries of Women’s Work and Daily Life in New York

Join VCHM Director Margaret Holmes for a special guided tour exploring the lives of women in New York from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Using objects from the museum’s collection and the historic domestic spaces of the house, this tour examines how women shaped both home life and the broader social fabric of their time.

Tour Highlights:

• Gain insight into the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped women’s roles in New York from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.
• Uncover the stories of women who lived, worked, or had connections to the house.
• Explore objects and household items that reveal the realities of their daily lives.
• Examine how gender, race, and class influenced women’s experiences and opportunities.

Details:

Registration is required as space is limited.

Please arrive at the museum by 12:50 PM.

For questions or more information, please email: information@vchm.org.

Language:

This tour will be delivered in English.

Accessibility:

This program is a guided, one-hour tour of Van Cortlandt House Museum which includes some walking on the lawn outdoors and ascending and descending several flights of stairs. A general (not specialized) 360 -degree tour of the house is available at the museum's Welcome Center, where staff will also be available to answer questions.