New York, NY 10002
BRINGING AMERICAN IMMIGRATION STORIES TO LIFE
Ruth Abram, a historian and social activist, wanted to build a museum that honored America's immigrants. In 1988, Abram and co-founder Anita Jacobson stumbled upon the tenement at 97 Orchard Street.
Shuttered for over 50 years, 97 Orchard's apartments were in ruin. After several years of research, the Museum began the difficult task of restoring apartments that had been left vacant for so long. Twenty years later, the Tenement Museum has blossomed from a great idea into a thriving institution. And it continues to grow - in 2007, the Museum purchased 103 Orchard Street, which serves as a flagship building for the Visitors Center and Museum Shop. The newest exhibit, Under One Roof, opened in 2017 and tells the stories of more contemporary immigrant groups to the Lower East Side.
Located in the heart of Manhattan's Lower East Side, an immigrant portal for 200 years, the Tenement Museum preserves the history of immigration through the personal accounts of those who built lives in the neighborhood. The Museum was home to more than 15,000 people from over 20 nations between 1863 and the turn of the 21st century.
Through tours of the Museum's two historic tenement buildings, walking tours of the neighborhood, food tours and costumed interpreter programs, visitors learn about the changes that took place in the neighborhood and how generations of immigrants helped shape the American experience.
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City tour
Historical place tour
Museum tour
Walking tour
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Services in categories | Time | Price |
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The tenement museum (adults)in Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $22.00 |
Shop life & under one roof (adults)in Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $29.00 |
Foods of the lower east side (adults)in Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $45.00 |
Tenement t-shirt (per pisces)in Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $29.99 |
Immigrant foods cocktail tray (per pisces)in Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $24.99 |
A tenement story: the history of the tenement museum (book) per piscesin Travel > City guide |
1 hr | $19.99 |
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Monday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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Tuesday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Wednesday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Thursday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Friday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Saturday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Sunday | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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