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The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation owns the house. [126] [127] The Merchant's House Museum is operated by Old Merchant's House Inc., [127] a nonprofit organization dedicated to running education programs, conserving the collections, and restoring the house and the objects inside. [128]
After the last child died, the house became a museum in 1936, narrowly avoiding demolition. Despite being a relatively low-profile museum even today, the Merchant's House Museum was one of NYC's first-ever official landmarks, and you can still see many of the family's possessions on display there.
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The finished house was fitted with replica late-13th-century and 14th-century furniture, and the uniform for the English Heritage staff running the house was originally medieval in design. [12] The Medieval Merchant's House on 58 French Street remains a tourist attraction and is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. [14]
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