The last standing farmhouse in Manhattan, the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (DFM) in Inwood is home to a wealth of knowledge for upper Manhattan. Built in 1784 and donated to the city by the Dyckman family in 1916, the museum has an extensive collection of materials belonging to the Dyckman family as well as over 5000 items donated by Reginald Pelham Bolton. In the past few years, the museum staff has been actively researching the lives of the enslaved who belonged to the Dyckman family and the neighboring families. A large focus of this research initiative is centered on bringing awareness to the Inwood Burial Ground.

DFM has been working with city officials and the P.S. 98 administration to memorialize the Inwood burial ground. The presence of a public school above this desecrated ground is an appropriate reason to not hinder the stories of the enslaved in Upper Manhattan as they aim to improve community education. The museum’s goal is to continue the dialogue to create a commemorative space and historic site here to honor and preserve the once enslaved burial ground in Inwood.