Lower East Side Tenement Museum

About Lower East Side Tenement Museum

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a museum and National Historic Site located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 1935 and 1888 and 2015. The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.

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