Tenement Museum
History museum · Lower East Side ·
Guided tours of restored apartments bring immigrant stories to life
Guided tours of restored apartments bring immigrant stories to life
"Set inside a historic tenement house (two, technically), guided tours share personal histories of the working-class individuals who lived here and how they made do with cramped quarters to build new lives in America. On neighborhood walking tours, you’ll learn how the Lower East Side’s thriving immigrant population made it the country’s most densely populated area in the 1900s." - Charlie Hobbs, Andrea Whittle
"The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is, as the name implies, a historic tenement house (two, if you want to get technical). On a tour of the tenements, you’ll hear personal histories of the working-class individuals who lived there and see how they made do with cramped quarters to build new lives in America. On a neighborhood walking tour—the other way to visit the museum—you’ll learn about the evolution of the Lower East Side and how its thriving immigrant population made it the most densely populated area in the country during the 1900s." - Charlie Hobbs, Alex Erdekian, Melissa Liebling-Goldberg
"I learned that after a five-year break the Tenement Museum will once again offer 90-minute Lower East Side food tours that take visitors to five food vendors in lower Manhattan; tickets are available online for $55 per person." - Luke Fortney
"A museum that showcases how NYC’s immigrants used to live, providing an intimate, historical perspective on the city’s immigrant experience." - Laura Begley Bloom
"For an intimate, immersive lesson on immigration, head to the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum, where restored 19th-century tenement apartments tell the stories of the people who once lived there and offer insight into immigration both past and present." - Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman is a New York-based writer and editor who specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, and shopping content. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines