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With the renowned Broadway musical Hamilton celebrating 10 years, New Yorkers can now explore the namesake character's life outside of theater district. A new walking tour called The Hamilton (Unofficial) Musical Walking Tour explores the landmarks of Alexander Hamilton's everyday life, all while being accompanied by the corresponding songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit musical.
Dana Tamuccio—founder of Vibe Tours, tour guide and Hamilton super-fan—leads a well-informed and jam-packed tour through Lower Manhattan that's perfect for anyone looking to experience NYC history and a little musical theater, too. The tour maps out the scope of Hamilton's impressive NYC life in just 90 minutes.
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The tour starts at Castle Clinton where Hamilton would've first arrived in NYC and ends at Trinity Church where he and his relatives were buried. Other tour highlights include: Federal Hall (where Washington was sworn in), Fraunces Tavern (haunt of the revolutionaries), Hamilton's Wall Street financial empire and The Custom House. You'll even learn about some of Hamilton's, shall we say, associates, including Aaron Burr, Angelica Schuyler and King George III.
The path of the tour is an incredibly easy walk, with many shady spots to combat even the highest of temperatures—or shield from the heaviest rainfall, which Tamuccio expertly navigated on my tour this month. Each member of the tour is given a headset to hear the guide through the busy New York streets and also the music from Hamilton that accompanies each tour stop.
The Hamilton-themed tour builds upon playwright Miranda's work in a way that encourages education through visual, auditory and kinetic learning. Together, they work in harmony and provide the one thing the musical cannot: site-specific locations. So, whether you've seen the musical and can't get enough or are just a history buff looking to expand your knowledge, don't throw away your shot to catch the tour. Once it's complete, you can grab some lunch at Fraunces Tavern, just like Hamilton did—or perhaps catch the evening show of Hamilton on Broadway!
General admission tickets start at $39. Tours take place Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:30pm and Sundays at noon. There are also private bookings available for larger groups.