• Statue of Liberty View Point - Visitors will enjoy views of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor’s Island while learning about Lenape history, ancient burial sites, the last NYC pirate execution, and Civil War prisoners.
• Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton - Visitors will see a Catholic shrine dedicated to a New York saint and hear about the canonization of saints and Catholic burial traditions.
• Battery Park City - Visitors will explore a cenotaph and uncover Titanic history related to it.
• National Museum of the American Indian - Visitors will delve into indigenous history and stories connected to funerary museum collections.
• Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull) - Visitors will learn about New Amsterdam’s burial history by visiting the site of the first city cemetery.
• Trinity Church - Visitors will hear about epidemic history, burial prohibitions, and potter’s fields.
• St. Paul’s Chapel - Visitors will learn about the Irish presence at St. Paul’s graveyard.
• St. Peter’s Church - Visitors will discover Catholic history, the New York ban on Catholicism, and the first Catholic burial ground in New York.
• City Hall Park - Visitors will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and hear stories related to Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln’s funeral, and the excavation of the dead.

• All fees and/or taxes

Explore New York’s intriguing past of death, burial, epidemics, and executions on this exciting, condensed 1.75-hour evening version of the Death in New York tour.

Tour Highlights:

• Gaze at the Lenape burial sites, capital punishment locations, and prisoner of war islands in New York Harbor from Battery Park.

• Delve into the debates over museum death acquisitions and displays at the National Museum of the American Indian.

• Discover the history of epidemics and burial restrictions at Trinity Church.

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

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

• Visit the historic sites of Manhattan’s jails, executions, unearthed remains, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.