Death in New York Evening Tour

Experience four centuries of Death in New York on this thrilling 2-hour night walk! Main Features: Peer at the Lenape burial, capital punishment, and prisoner of war islands of New York Harbor from Battery Park. Discover the controversy surrounding museum death acquisitions and exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian. Unearth the history of epidemics and burial prohibitions at Trinity Church. See the cenotaphs of Irish war heroes and political activists at St. Paul’s Chapel. Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground and the ensuing riot at St. Peter’s Church. Visit the site of Manhattan’s historic jails, executions, excavated dead, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park.

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What To Expect

Statue of Liberty View Point

Travelers will have a view of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor’s Island and learn about Lenape history, ancient burial sites, the last NYC pirate execution, and Civil War prisoners.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Travelers will see a Catholic shrine to a New York saint while hearing about the canonization of saints and the Catholic way of death.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Battery Park City

Travelers will visit a cenotaph and discover Titanic history relevant to the cenotaph.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

National Museum of the American Indian

Travelers will hear more indigenous history and stories linked with funerary museum acquisitions.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)

Travelers will find out about New Amsterdam burial history by visiting the site of the first city cemetery.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Trinity Church

Travelers will hear about epidemic history, burial prohibitions, and potters fields.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Paul’s Chapel

Travelers will hear about the Irish representation at St. Paul’s graveyard.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Peter’s Church

Travelers will hear about Catholic history; the New York ban on Catholicism, and the first New York Catholic burial ground.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

City Hall Park

Travelers will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and hear stories relating to Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln’s funeral, and excavating the dead.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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