Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Between 1815 and 1914, more than 30 million immigrants poured into America looking for decent work and a safe place to live. Some 7,000 people from 20 countries made their way to 97 Orchard Street, a New York City tenement. Today, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum recreates homes and stories of tenants who lived in these cramped spaces with stifling ventilation, poor lighting, and lack of privacy. Since 1988, the Tenement Museum has been integral in the education of visitors, from both the United States and abroad, interested in the history of immigrants in America.