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This 7,000-square-foot museum in the heart of Little Italy focuses—as you'd guess from the name—on the Italian American experience and history. There are exhibitions on Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to sail into New York Harbor (in 1524), and on Italian immigration to New York in the late-19th and early-20th centuries—with some nods to famous Italian Americans along the way.
The National Shrine of San Gennaro, a replica of the grotto at Lourdes, is the high point of Most Precious Blood Church's richly painted interior but otherwise the church has a very local feel. It becomes a focal point during the annual Feast of San Gennaro. Tours of the church and the nearby St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral can be booked through www.tommysnewyork.com.
