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Ellis Island vs Frick Collection

Ellis Island and Frick Collection are both rated highly by professionals. Overall, Frick Collection scores significantly better than Ellis Island. Frick Collection is ranked #1 in New York City with endorsements from 12 sources like Travel + Leisure, Time Out and Lonely Planet.

Ellis Island
Ellis Island
8 / 10
New York Harbor, New York City, NY 10017
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The island's main building, now a national monument, reopened in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which is divided into four major exhibit areas." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"Roughly 12 million immigrants passed through this island as they entered America from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s, sometimes at the rate of thousands a day."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"See America through the eyes of the 12 million immigrants that entered through Ellis Island." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Trace the history of U.S. immigration with a visit to the three floors of objects, photographs and interactive displays housed on the famous island next door to Lady Liberty herself." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Ellis Island is situated about halfway between lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor." Full review
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Frick Collection
Frick Collection
9 / 10
1 E. 70th St., New York, NY 10021
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Everything here is a highlight. The Portico Gallery, an enclosed portico along the building's 5th Avenue garden, houses the museum's growing collection of sculpture." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"A real find among the city's museums, this collection housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This spectacular art collection sits in a mansion built by prickly steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the many such residences that made up Millionaires’ Row." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The opulent residence that houses a private collection of great masters (from the 14th through the 19th centuries) was originally built for industrialist Henry Clay Frick." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"Housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick." Full review
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