TENEMENT MUSEUM
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An original museum, declared a historical monument, offering fascinating guided tours punctuated with captivating anecdotes.
This original museum allows visitors to visit tenements, tiny apartments that have remained as they have been for a century, when the Lower East Side was one of Manhattan's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. These accommodations, located at 97 and 103 Orchard Road, were occupied by European immigrants who landed on American soil without a penny in their pockets. Entire families were crowding in here, in these tiny slums, in a neighbourhood with an exceptional population density. Insalubrity, lack of light and space were the daily bread of these underprivileged families. More than 20 different nationalities and about 15,000 people lived between these walls between 1863 and 1935, the vast majority of them tailors by profession. In total, more than 2.5 million people lived in the New York tenements under disastrous living conditions. The fascinating guided tours are punctuated by captivating anecdotes. The building that houses this museum (starting point for visits) has been declared a historical monument. Since autumn 2017, a new formula has been put in place, "Under One Roof", focusing on the personal testimonies of migrants' descendants. We can discover the story of Bella Epstein, who moved with her parents to the Lower East Side after the Holocaust, or the Velez brothers, who left Puerto Rico with their mother, employed in a textile factory. A rare thing, the museum shop, with its beautiful books, is worth a visit.
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Members' reviews on TENEMENT MUSEUM
les visites sont seulement guidées et vous devez comprendre suffisement bien l'Anglais, piuisque on ne se préoccupe pas de se faire
comprendre par les étrangers, mais vous serez recompensés par une visite très interéssante qui vous donnera beaucoup d'informations sur
la vie des immigrés à Lower Manhattan entre la fin du XIX et les premières années du XX. Photo à l'interieur interdites. Très interessants la librarie et le gift shop.
c'est une prouesse d'avoir pu conserver ces logements en l'état et de pouvoir ainsi plonger le visiteur dans une autre époque où la vie n'était pas facile et où tout tournait autour du travail et de la vie de famille.