(212) 883-1986
Battery Park and Liberty Island
New York,
NY
10017
40.7048
-74.0148
Neighborhoods: Financial District, Financial District (Wall Street), Downtown
Hours:
Daily 9:30am-5pm
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
What People Are Saying About Ellis Island Immigration Museum
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Overview – Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants queued up on Ellis Island for the chance to set foot on U.S. soil. Their passage through New York harbor is now memorialized in this beautifully renovated station, whose bright, two-story Registry Room is awesome to behold. The unique American Family Immigration History Center offers an opportunity to trace ancestors using actual ship records. – – Features – Set aside a few hours to tour the museum (and to deal with the long lines to get there). "Through America's Gates" walks you through the stages…
02/09/09
In a word (okay, several): AMAZING. Thought-provoking. Heart-wrenching.
by hubriis
We toured Ellis Island in January, so we did not get a good sense of how crowded it must have been when it was a processing facility for immigrants. However, it took just the smallest bit of imagination to put you right back there, in the thick of it.
There was an amazing amount of forethought that went into the space itself, such as being able to view the intake stairs going up from four sides to evaluate immigrants as patients on the fly. This and many other details just blew my mind when we toured the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. I would love to see it again soon, and perhaps sit down at their computers this time to research my family.
03/15/07
fascinating museum, with a boat ride too!
by nlnethery
this is a great museum to go to on a spring day because of the boat ride to Ellis Island. The tour really helped me imagine how my great-grandparents must have felt as they came in. The exhibits, including audio clips from immigrants, are fascinating. It's a full day's worth of entertainment and learning.
- Pros: great museum, interesting piece of history, boat ride
10/13/05
Enchanting Experience
by dotschild1
Take your time to wander about the majestic hall of this beautifully restored building. Share in the footsteps of past relatives and feel the sense of accomplishment they felt from just entering the glorious doors. People always say that history is an important lesson of the past but this museum allows you to reach out and touch a part of history that many people (within their own families) can relate to.
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More New York landmarks.
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Non-Profit Organizations, Community Organizations, Museums
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