Merchant's House Museum Hosts Triangle Fire Memorial Hand-Sewing Lecture

Lecture: Hand-Sewing in the 1850s - 60 Years before the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Dates: Wednesday, March 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Merchant's House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street (btwn Lafayette & Bowery)

Description: In participation with Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition's 100th anniversary memorial
Before sewing machines and factories revolutionized clothing production in the second half of the 19th century, most garments were made entirely by hand. Learn about forgotten hand-sewing methods used at home and in dressmaker's workshops during the mid-19th century in this "hands-on" presentation. $15, $10 Students & Seniors, Free for MHM Members.

About the Merchant's House Museum
The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact - inside and out - from the mid-19th century. Home to a prosperous merchant-class family for almost 100 years, it is complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, offering a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life from 1835-1865.
"The distinction of the Merchant's House and it is a powerful one is that it is the real thing. One simply walks through the beautiful doorway into another time and place in New York."

The New York Times
"Not so much a museum as a raw slice of history" AVENUE Magazine
On the web: http://merchantshouse.org
About Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition
March 25, 2011 is the Centennial of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire which took the lives of 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and galvanized a movement for social justice. In concert with organizations and individuals across the country, we are spearheading commemorative events - activism, education, arts - for the Centennial and the establishment of a permanent memorial.
On the web: http://rememberthetrianglefire.org