Spend a summer evening visiting the 15 excitingly diverse museums and historic sites in Lower Manhattan — all for free! This year the Museum is offering special programming that includes live 18th-century music and colonial dance lessons provided by the Tricorne Dance Ensemble.
Hosted by the Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc.
Hundreds of flag-waving participants from NYC schools and organizations such as the NYPD, FDNY, and various historic societies march through Lower Manhattan to celebrate Flag Day, with a parade beginning at City Hall and concluding with festivities in front of Fraunces Tavern, where you can enjoy $1 Museum admission all day!
Join us for dinner as best-selling author Russell Shorto is presented with the 2018 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award for his book, Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom. An Honorable Mention will also be presented to Harlow Giles Unger and a Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented in honor of the late Thomas Fleming.
Join us for a glimpse into the early history of colonial New York with this stage reading about New York City in 1708 - a time of chaos and political passion.
Treat your special someone a unique gift this Valentine's Day with Love in the Time of Revolution, a special tour that explores romantic tales of the Founding Fathers and their Lady Loves!
From battles to espionage, and harrowing tales of escape, this tour emphasizes the fact that African Americans, both enslaved and free, were present, active, and of critical importance in the American Revolution. In honor of Black History Month, this tour is FREE every Saturday in February at 3:00pm.
Celebrate Brigadier General of the Continental Army and Polish freedom fighter, Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Learn about his efforts to end slavery, as illustrated by his will andand enjoy a piano concert by pianist and harpsichordist Magdalena Baczewska, who will be playing original compositions by Kosciuszko. Make a toast with the original cocktail, “The Kosciuszko Bridge,” which joins the “spirits” of two nations: Polish Bison Grass Vodka and American gin.
*This program is brought to you in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the Historical Society of the New York Courts.
Presented by Jonathan Kruk
FREE with regular Admission
Get into the Halloween spirit with Master Storyteller, Jonathan Kruk, who will be performing a lively kid-friendly retelling of spooky stories from the American Revolution. Join us for a day of family-friendly activities and spooky (but not scary!) stories. What better way to celebrate the season than in New York City’s oldest standing structure?
Fraunces Tavern Museum will be participating in Path Through History Weekend October 7-9; a showcase of New York State's rich and fascinating history being featured during hundreds of events happening at historic and cultural destinations throughout the state. Path Through History takes you across the state to living history museums, forts, military landmarks, and the homes of presidents, great writers and artists to discover events of the past and learn how they reverberate today. Come experience and appreciate the state's amazing past at FTM!
The World Premiere of America’s First Play: Androboros (Villain of the State)
Written by Governor Robert Hunter (1714) and Adapted by S.M. Dale (2017)
7:00pm performances on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October
Before Hamilton, before Washington, before even much of Manhattan existed, there was Androboros! Mixing Elizabethan language with the commedia del arte of its day, this new adaptation will feature over a dozen original songs played live with a dancing, 10-member cast in an intimate setting. Based on a true incident that scandalized the young New York colony, the play is a great history lesson that is as funny and entertaining today as it was in 1714.
$15 Museum Members / $20 Public Ticket
Join us for an afternoon of spy-themed activities at the Museum! Meet Claudia Friddell, author of Totally True Adventures: George Washington’s Spies, as she recreates participation based spy tactics from the Revolution. Would you be able masterfully cipher Benjamin Tallmadge’s code book? Could you successfully complete a stealth message to arrange for a spy ring meeting? Come participate in these activities and find out if you could have been a member of the Culper Spy Ring!
We are proud to announce that we will be once again participating in the Smithsonian magazine Museum Day Live! To receive free admission for two to Fraunces Tavern Museum or participating museums, you must register online.
Join the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York as they commemorate martyred spy Nathan Hale at the foot of the Nathan Hale statue which stands at City Hall Park. The ceremony features the SRNY color Guard, a mayoral proclamation, wreath laying and more.
Join the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York as they commemorate martyred spy Nathan Hale at the foot of the Nathan Hale statue which stands at City Hall Park. The ceremony features the SRNY color Guard, a mayoral proclamation, wreath laying and more.
Doors open @6:30pm / Trivia @7pm
$10 Public / $5 Museum Members
Celebrate Independence Day by testing your knowledge of the American Revolution! Round-up your history buff friends and brush up on both popular and obscure Revolutionary history to win some great prizes!
Spend a summer evening visiting the 15 excitingly diverse museums and historic sites in Lower Manhattan — all for free. Learn about New York City’s history, discover new heritages, and enjoy discounts at local restaurants. Participants can enjoy live 18th century music, snap a souvenir photo in the Colonial Costume Photo Booth, and children can create their own flags!
Visit NightAtTheMuseums.com for details and a map of participating locations.
The Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and Fraunces Tavern Museum invite you to join us June 14th in celebrating the 240th anniversary of the adoption of the American flag!
The Parade will begin at 12 noon, departing from City Hall Park, proceeding south on Broadway heading towards historic Fraunces Tavern and the Flag Day Ceremony Stand at the corner of Broad and Pearl Streets. At the Stand, there will be ceremonies, with songs performed by schoolchildren, proclamations, and recitations honoring “Old Glory.”
The Parade will also feature hundreds of New York City school children, color guards from the Armed Forces, contingents from the New York City Fire and Sanitation Departments, and many of the City’s oldest historical and patriotic societies.
Fraunces Tavern Museum will be free admission all day June 14.
Donate to FLAG DAY: If you would like to support this 111 year old tradition by donating please use the PayPal button below. You can also send a check to "Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York" at 54 Pearl St., New York, NY 10004.
All donations of $100 or more will be recognized in the Flag Day Ceremony Program.
$10, $50, $100, $500, $1000 or more!
All donations are 100% tax deductible to fullest extent of the law for the 2017 year.
The Museum is wheelchair accessible.
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