Lower East Side Tenement MuseumDedicated to immigrants
90 Orchard Street
(at Delancey Street)
New York, NY
10002
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Nearest Train: F, J, M, Z at Delancey-Essex sts; B, D, Q at Grand StPhone: +1 212 431 0233 / +1 212 431 0714
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Video Guides 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 This museum, founded in 1988, is dedicated to all the immigrants who came to New York City during the 1800s, but in particular to the occupants of this one-time tenement on Orchard Street. See life as new Americans experienced it in Chinatown, Little Italy and elsewhere on the Lower East Side through photos, displays and memorabilia. The gallery is free.
11a-5:30p M, 11a-6p Tu-F, 10:45a-6p Sa-Su
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Reviewed by:tokarian from on Mar 22 2008





If you want to understand NY, you have to come and see this museum. You can visit real apartments wh...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 24 2005




It was great museum, very realistic and true to the time period. Worth checking out if you're i...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from New York on Jul 09 2005
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