Tenement Museum
12 expert reviews
“Searching for a place to house a museum honoring American immigrants, Ruth Abram unearthed 97 Orchard Street.”
– Travel + Leisure
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."
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Time Out
"This fascinating museum—actually a series of restored tenement apartments at 97 Orchard Street—is accessible only by guided tour."
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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."
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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)."
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