*Our Research Plan:

*Focus/Theme: Then Versus Now:
 –  Compare relevance of museum then – as a tenement and actual home – to relevance of it now as a museum:

• Connect to changes in the neighborhood (Lower East Side) and to changes in the time period.
• Possibly connect to a modern translation of tenement life.
• Create video documentary.  [will be compiled by Naomi and Victoria]

 

*Objective: Describe characteristics of the museum and provide context of its cultural significance:

• Describe characteristics through data gathered from museum visits.
  
• Conduct additional research on museum via visits to libraries, online databases (looking for academic journals, old newspapers) etc…
• Conduct interviews with museum personnel to find out more about museum’s history and what role the museum plays for its community then and now.

 

*Current Tasks:

1.  Order tickets for museum:
– First tentative site visit:
Thursday March 28th: “Then & Now” @ 2pm & “Hard Times” @ 4pm.
– Second tentative site visit:
Sunday March 31st OR April 7th: “Victoria Confino” @ 12 pm.

2.  Contact museum for information regarding interviewing and/or filming Victoria Confino. [Victoria]

3.  Schedule interview/meeting with curator/president/historian etc. associated with museum. [Alex]

4.  Check ticket pricing. [Naomi]

5.  Continue basic research of museum and surrounding neighborhood. [all]

6.  Begin brainstorming layout of webpage. [all]

 

*Sources (as of now):
– http://www.tenement.org
– http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html
– http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/eagle.html
– http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/07/arts/a-portal-to-life-in-america.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm  – http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/drabik10website/iconic-immigration-sites/tenement-museum/