New York City Melting Pot Heritage Tour

When the Dutch first established a colony here, the Lenape Native Americans called the region home. By the end of the Dutch era in what is now New York, it was among the most diverse places on earth. This tour explores the origin stories of the demographics that would come to play dominant roles in what would become New York City, including the indigenous people, the Christians, Jews, Muslims, Irish, Italians, English, Africans, businesses, real estate agents, artists, peddlers, loners, and dreamers.
Highlights include a view of New York harbor, monuments to early immigrants who defined the metropolis, Wall Street with Federal Hall and the Stock Exchange, Alexander Hamilton's grave at Trinity Church, and Fraunces Tavern, the oldest building still standing in Manhattan.

Meeting Point

National Museum of the American Indian

1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004, USA

On the steps of the Museum of the American Indian

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Castle Clinton National Monument

26 Wall St, Battery Park, New York City, 10005-1996, New York

At Castle Clinton, we'll learn the history of the fort (built for the War of 1812) and it's role as an immigration hub in NYC from 1855-1890. Today, this is where tickets are sold for Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

15 minutes

National Museum of the American Indian

1 Bowling Green, , New York City, 10004-1415, New York

This glorious structure was built as a Customs House, but was also the site of the first fort built to defend the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.

10 minutes

New York Stock Exchange

11 Wall St, , New York City, 10005-2601, New York

We'll see the epicenter of the American financial system, as well as the Fearless Girl statue that boldly confronts the giant structure.

20 minutes

Federal Hall

26 Wall St, , New York City, 10005-1996, New York

The site where George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States, where the Bill of Rights was ratified, and where the first Congress sat.

25 minutes

The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum

180 Greenwich St, World Trade Center, New York City, 10007-0089, New York

A visit to Lower Manhattan has to include a stop at the 911 Memorial.

15 minutes

Trinity Church Wall Street

89 Broadway, New York City, 10006, New York

Here we'll see the newly restored neogothic church that played a critical roll in American history as well as the cemetery in the courtyard to see Alexander Hamilton's grave.

15 minutes