We offer a variety of options for all ages. All walking tours can accommodate up to 35 students & chaperones.
Greenwich Village Past & Present
This tour explores the area around Washington Square Park, focusing on pre-European settlement through the early 19th Century. This experience can be done in conjunction with material from this curriculum or as a standalone tour.
For Grades: 1-6
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Starting & Ending Location: Washington Square Arch, Washington Square Park
Immigration in the South Village
This tour focuses on the area around Bleecker and Carmine streets from the late 19th to early 20th centuries through the eyes of the Italian immigrant experience of that era. This experience can be done in conjunction with material from this curriculum or as a standalone tour.
For Grades: 1-6
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Starting & Ending Location: Father Demo Square (Bleecker Street at 6th Avenue)
Black History of Greenwich Village
This tour explores places, spaces, and buildings rich with abolition and Civil Rights Movement history. This experience can be done in conjunction with material from this curriculum or as a standalone tour.
For Grades: 4-12
Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Starting Location: Washington Square Arch, Washington Square Park
Ending Location: New School Campus- 5th Ave @ 13th St
Hip Hop History
This tour explores Village locations where the elements of Hip-Hop Culture first came together between 1979-1984.
For Grades: 9-12, college & educator groups (Teacher PDs)
Starting Location: Washington Square Arch, Washington Square Park
Ending Location: Tompkins Square Park
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Tours cost up to $100 per tour on a sliding scale to schools that can afford to pay. Tours are free for qualifying schools. Full and partial scholarships are available.