February 18, 2010
Museum of the American Gangster to open in spring
The Museum of the American Gangster will open in New York City this spring, Eric Ferrara, the executive director of the Lower East Side History Project announced this morning.
 “The Museum of the American Gangster (MAOG) presents an opportunity to gain insight into the hidden, inside world of the American gangster through artifacts and stories told by those involved. We are working with a team of criminal authors, historians and related institutions, as well as family members and estates of pivotal crime figures, to create a museum that both casual fans and invested scholars could enjoy and benefit from. Beyond exhibits and artifacts, MOAG will offer dedicated research facilities, access to original source documents and articles, oral histories, workshops, walking tours, live performances, historic reenactments, lectures, movies and presentations,” according to Ferrara, who is also the author of “A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City’s Lower East Side.”
There will be a speakeasy, gift shop and “a maze of hidden rooms and artifacts in the basement left over from Prohibition (which are all part of the exhibit).”
The museum’s website offers a sneak peak of the exhibits including The Early Life of “Lucky” Luciano, Gangster Lingo and Tools of the Trade.
The niche museum will be located at 80 St. Marks Place, map, inside the Theater 80 building.
The official opening is set for sometime in spring, but previews will begin March 7 from noon to 5 p.m. During previews, while not all exhibits will be in place, admssion will be $10.
The The Lower East Side History Project already offers Gangsters: Birth of organized Crime walking tours on Saturdays and Tuesdays for $25.
Elsewhere, there is a New York City Mob Tour, which was profiled earlier this week in the Daily News, and a bus tour of “Sopranos” sites.
Image source: Museum of the American Gangster.
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