We'll uncover a Pre-Harlem World thats been buried for more than 156 years.

Imagine that someone came to your house 150 years later: what would they find, what would those found objects say about you; about your way of life? Sometimes its the every-day things you leave behin

Baseball has always had a special place in our nations history. But did you know that beyond the ballpark there is a grittier version of the game, played mostly in immigrant neighborhoods in cities b

How To Be American is the Tenement Museums podcast series. In its second season, eight new episodes will tell eight new stories that dig deeper into the tapestry of American immigration, stories of p

How To Be American has some exciting news! Host Brendan takes a stroll down memory lane for season 1 and introduces who will continue the journey moving forward... Want to follow our new host? Find her on Twitter here @AmandaListens. 

There’s nothing more American than Coca-Cola, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and comic books. In the final episode of season 1 of How To Be American, we’ll uncover the history of diversity and representation in the panels, and discuss what comics tell us...

Listen to the teaser for our sixth and final episode of the first season of How To Be American—all about comics! Whose your favorite superhero? And why are comics considered a truly American art form?

Take a look inside the complicated diversity within the heart of two immigrant communities. We’ll begin with Kleindeutschland in the mid-19th century, and then head to Brooklyn, where we’ll get an inside look at Flatbush and an organization called...

In this teaser, host Brendan Murphy visits Flatbush, Brooklyn, to explore its Caribbean immigrant culture for How To Be American's fifth episode, all about how immigrant groups have carved out communities for themselves throughout U.S. history.

Hundreds of sewing machines rattle and hissexplore the industrial soundscape that shaped the American identities of young factory workersin 1911 with composer Julia Wolfe.