Lower East Side Tenement MuseumA musuem dedicated to immigrant history on Manhattan's Lower East Side
THINGS TO DO
Tour carefully restored apartments, learn about the lives of actual past residents, and gain insight into the lives of immigrants today. Tours last approximately 1 hour. For ages 8-adult. The museum is open to visitors by guided tour only. All tours are limited to 15 people and reservations are strongly recommended. The Visitors Center & Museum Shop is accessible (except the bathroom); the historic tenement building is not accessible. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum's landmark tenement building is the first homestead of urban working class and poor immigrant people preserved and interpreted in the United States. Visitors tour carefully restored apartments and learn about the lives of actual past residents. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, an immigrant portal for almost two centuries, 97 Orchard Street was home to an estimated 7,000 people from more than 20 nations between 1863 and 1935. |
 visitor informationLower East Side Tenement Museum The Merchant's House and Eldridge Street Synagogue directionsThe museum is located at 108 Orchard Street (below Delancey Street), Manhattan. SUBWAY: F to Delancey St.; B/D/Q to Grand St.; J/M/Z to Essex St. BUS: M9 or M15 to Delancey St. |