Brooklyn MuseumvsTenement Museum
Both are rated highly by professional travelers. On balance, Tenement Museum scores marginally better than Brooklyn Museum. Tenement Museum scores 94 with endorsements from 10 reviewers such as Michelin Guide, Frommer's and Condé Nast Traveler.
Brooklyn Museum
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200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Fodor's "Although it may be overshadowed by the big name museums in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Museum, with more than 1 million pieces in its permanent collection." Full review
Concierge "This Beaux Arts building houses the second-largest permanent collection in the city, with more than a million objects."
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This encyclopedic museum is housed in a five-story, 560,000-sq-ft beaux arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White." Full review
Travel + Leisure "With a mission to bridge the artistic heritage of world cultures, this 560,000-square-foot museum built in grand Beaux-Arts style houses a large, diverse collection of 1.5 million works." Full review
Time Out "Brooklyn’s premier institution is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s bigger-name spaces." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Housed in a monumental Beaux-Arts building, this is New York's second-largest art museum besides the Met, and well worth a visit if you're in the borough. The collection contains a..." Full review
Not For Tourists "Breathtakingly beautiful building, excellent collection."
Where "More than 1 million objects make up the multiple permanent collections of this internationally recognized museum." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Brooklyn Museum is the third largest museum in New York City, and one of its great institutions...it sits on the edge of Prospect Park, perfect for spontaneous walk-ins." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Brooklyn Museum is very Brooklyn in its collections, from a well-preserved section of the Egyptian "Book of the Dead" to a floor dedicated to feminist and protest art"
Brooklyn Travel Guide
March 1, 2021
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103 Orchard Street, Lower East Side, New York City, NY 10002
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Lonely Planet Top Choice
"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
Travel + Leisure "Searching for a place to house a museum honoring American immigrants, Ruth Abram unearthed 97 Orchard Street." Full review
Time Out "This fascinating museum—actually a series of restored tenement apartments at 97 Orchard Street—is accessible only by guided tour." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "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
Not For Tourists "Great illustration of turn-of-the-century (20th, that is) life."
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Tour guides interpret several generations of immigrant life at 97 Orchard Street, a five-story tenement building (now a National Historic Landmark)." Full review
Afar Magazine "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
Where "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
Fodor's "Step back in time at the partially restored 19th-century tenement buildings that make up the essence of the Tenement Museum." Full review
Travel + Leisure "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"
