Death in New York Evening Tour

Experience four centuries of Death in New York on this thrilling 2-hour night walk!

Main Features

• Peer at the Lenape burial, capital punishment, and prisoner of war islands of New York Harbor from Battery Park

• Discover the controversy surrounding museum death acquisitions and exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian

• Unearth the history of epidemics and burial prohibitions at Trinity Church

• See the St. Paul’s Chapel cenotaphs of Irish war heroes and political activists

• Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground and the ensuing riot at St. Peter’s Church

• Visit the site of Manhattan’s historic jails, executions, excavated dead, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park