Learn About the Park

Experience over 100 years of New York City history.

The Tenement Museum is a nonprofit cultural institution that welcomes you into the historically recreated homes of immigrants, migrants and refugees. We share their stories to inspire connections between the past and present and to build a more inclusive and expansive American society.

In our two historic tenements, visitors and K-12 students explore the homes of diverse families with roots all over the world, who lived in New York City between the 1860s and the 1980s. We offer interactive guided tours of our buildings and the iconic Lower East Side neighborhood.

 

Explore more online

There is always more to discover!

Explore Digital Exhibits

Visit the Tenement Museum’s interactive, digital exhibits, which provide a fascinating, in-depth historical look at life in the area.

Learning about immigration in class?

Browse Lesson Plans

With Tenement Museum resources, students become historians, using our teacher-tested lesson plans.

See our Photo Archive

The Tenement Museum online photo archive contains thousands of images for teaching and exploring.