Lower East Side Tenement Museum

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Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York

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Museum including two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience

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Overview

The Tenement Museum at 97 and 103 Orchard Street is a National Historic Site telling the stories of immigrants who lived in two tenements, where an estimated 15,000 people from more than 20 countries lived between 1863 and 2011. It was founded in 1988 by Ruth Abram and Anita Jacobson, and its first building, 97 Orchard Street, is a National Historic Landmark (1994).

Visiting

  • Tours: restored apartments and shops, with tours (some with costumed interpreters) covering families at 97 Orchard from 1869 to 1935 and at 103 Orchard from the 1950s to 1980s
  • "Under One Roof" (2017): an exhibition on a Holocaust refugee family, a Puerto Rican migrant family, and a Chinese immigrant family
  • Book ahead: visits are by guided tour

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