Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

Alerts and conditions

Information Health and Safety

Masks are not required but are strongly recommended for all Museum visitors. Children under the age of 5 are not permitted on in-person building tours, but are welcome to attend a neighborhood walking tour or visit us virtually.

Overview

The Tenement Museum tells the stories of working-class tenement residents, who moved to New York City from other countries and other parts of the country. Their work helped build the city and nation, and their stories help us understand our history. The museum shares these stories through guided tours of recreated tenement apartments, neighborhood walking tours, and virtual tours and programs.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Arts and Culture
  • Guided Tours
  • Living History
  • First Person Interpretation
  • Museum Exhibits
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store
  • Gift Shop and Souvenirs

Plan your visit

Hours

Visitor Center and Museum Shop Hours: Visit the Tenement Museum virtually or in person! From neighborhood walking tours and educator-led apartment tours, to digital exhibits and virtual programs, experience the museum the way that works best for you.

Fees and passes

  • Timed Entry Reservation - Location — $30.00
  • Timed Entry Reservation - Location — $30.00

The America the Beautiful pass covers entrance fees at federal recreation lands across all four agencies.

Getting there

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, is located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City,.

Visitor centers

Weather

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Phone: 8779753786

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

A four story red brick building against a blue sky with white puffy clouds
The Lower East Side Tenement Musuem · Tenement Museum
A flowering white tree in front of the entrance to the visitor center
The Visitor Center · Tenement Museum
A tenement kitchen with cast iron posts, old stove, and a bed next to the stove
Interior of Rogarshevsky Kitchen · Tenement Musuem
A tenement kitchen with cast iron posts, old stove, and a bed next to the stove
Interior of Rogarshevsky Kitchen · Tenement Musuem

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