Shop Life Goes for the Gold

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s exhibit, Shop Life has been awarded the 2013 Gold Medal in Multimedia Installations Muse award from the American Alliance of Museums' Media and Technology Professional Network.

For further reading, see also "A Saloon, an Auction House, an Undergarment Store: Business as Usual in New York City" and "A Century of Commerce."

e Lower East Side Tenement Museum received an implementation grant for a long-term interpretation of lower-level spaces for living and commerce at 97 Orchard Street.