Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 431-0233
- Cross Street:
- Between Broome Street and Delancey Street
- Directions:
- F, V at Delancey St
- Hours:
- Tue-Fri 1:20pm-4:45pm, Sat-Sun 11:15am-5pm
Editorial Review for Lower East Side Tenement Museum – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum was founded in 1988. The building that houses the museum, a preserved tenement at 97 Orchard Street, was called home by some 7,000 people from more than 20 nations--from Turkish and German Jews to Sicilian Catholics--over the course of 72 years (between 1863 and 1935). In 1998, the museum became a protected building under the aegis of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe museum can be seen by guided tour only. Tours run every 40 minutes on weekdays and every half-hour on weekends. Reserved tours for groups larger than 10 are on Mondays.
User Reviews for Lower East Side Tenement Museum
06/07/2005 Posted by sharopooks
Spent a fulfilling family afternoon here recently. As soon as you enter this building, rich with history, you taste what it was like for families living in NYC's tenements and stay immersed for the next few hours. Very knowledgable guide. The museum's scheduled walking tours center around different themes (eg garment industry of early NY) and we saw 3 units preserved and explained in relation to that theme. The heart of the museum is stories of families just trying to survive. Our amazing guide said at the end (paraphrasing) "we must preserve how these families lived because it is just as much a part of our history as Gettysburg." 3 of the mothers in our group got a little misty. We did waitvover an hour for a tour but that could've been because we had a group of 10.
Pros: Historic, Great guides, Good neighborhood
Cons: Long wait for groups
11/20/2003 Posted by erzsi
This museum is like going back in time. There's so much information. Worthwhile!
Pros: Great neighborhood, personable, Rosario's Pizza
Cons: no parking
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