Treasures of New York Season 8, Episode 1: Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

The Morgan Library & Museum

Located in the heart of New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum embraces creativity and expands knowledge. What was once the personal library of financier J.P. Morgan has become a museum and independent research library unlike any other. Treasures of New York: The Morgan Library & Museum highlights this cultural institution, featuring its fascinating history and remarkable collection.

27 min

Bowne House

From the fight for religious freedom, to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Treasures of New York: Bowne House traces the history held in a 17th century house that’s now a museum in Flushing, in New York City’s borough of Queens.

57 min

Joseph Lloyd Manor & the Jupiter Hammon Project

On Treasures of New York: Joseph Lloyd Manor and the Jupiter Hammon Project, reinterpreting the history of an 18th-century Long Island home to reveal the legacy of slavery and a hidden figure who would go on to become America's first published African-American poet.

Tenement Museum

Step inside the Tenement Museum, an institution that bridges the gap between past and present by sharing the stories of some of the many tenement residents who called the Lower East Side home. In Treasures of New York: Tenement Museum, learn about this remarkable New York City institution and the thought-provoking ways in which they preserve history and shine a light on those that came before us.