Potty Talk: Tales from a 19th Century Privy - New-York Historical Society Date: 11/12/11 Hours: 11:30am-12:30pm Ages: All Price: Museum admission: $15; $12 teachers and seniors; $10 students; $5 children 7-13; free children younger than 7 Address: 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 Upper West Side, NY 10024 www.nyhistory.org Description: Join urban archaeologist Joan Geismar for a hands-on look at the contents of the backyard privy pit of the early 19th century James Brown Inn on Spring Street (now called the Ear Inn). Broken plates, cups and bottles, oyster shells, and shoe leather are just some of the clues to how people lived in the past. Learn how an archaeologist "reads" these broken pieces of the past.