The Tenement Museum, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, tells the uniquely American stories of immigrants, migrants, and refugees in the ongoing creation of our nation.

In this talk on Wednesday at Darien Library, Tenement Museum Director of Programs Kathryn Lloyd will discuss the museum’s work researching and sharing stories of individuals typically overlooked in history.

We’ll explore the stories of Natalie Gumpertz, a single mother and German-Jewish immigrant in the 1870s, Victoria Confino, a teenager from Kastoria whose Sephardic Jewish family fled war, and Bella Epstein, the daughter of Holocaust survivors who grew up in the changing Lower East Side of the 1950s.

Discuss how the museum connects these stories from past to present, and how these stories help us understand the diversity of experiences in one building.

The Darien Library is proud to cosponsor this event with the Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County. Refreshments will be served.

About the Presenter

Kathryn Lloyd is the Director of Programs at the Tenement Museum, where she collaborates on museum programming and educator training to inspire connections from past to present about migration and American identity. She has taught in museums and afterschool programs for ten years, working to foster connections between learners and their local histories. She received her MA in Psychology from St Andrews University.