Tenement Museum

"This museum puts the neighborhood’s heartbreaking but inspiring heritage on full display in three recreations of turn-of-the-20th-century tenements." Full review

"This fascinating museum—actually a series of restored tenement apartments at 97 Orchard Street—is accessible only by guided tour." Full review

"Offers a glimpse of what life in the turn-of-the-20th-century Lower East Side was like for those who lived there." Full review

"Great illustration of turn-of-the-century (20th, that is) life."

"Tour guides interpret several generations of immigrant life at 97 Orchard Street, a five-story tenement building (now a National Historic Landmark)." Full review

"Not your typical museum experience, the Tenement Museum walks you through history and explores subject such as immigration, discrimination, housing and the history of the neighborhood through the stor." Full review

"Turn-of-the-20th-century immigrant life on Manhattan's Lower East Side is illustrated through guided tours of authentically preserved tenement apartments." Full review

"The Tenement Museum is a historical gem on the city's Lower East Side, offering immersive, guided tours of two tenement buildings and chronicling a very important part of the city's immigrant experience"

"This museum is the first-ever National Trust for Historic Preservation site that was not the home of someone rich or famous." Full review

"For an intimate and immersive lesson, head to the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum, where you’ll see restored tenement apartments and gain insight into immigration, both past and present"