Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Public Tours

Group Tours: Adults

Group Tours: K-12

Offsite Programs

Access Information

Foreign Language Guidebooks

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Exhibits in The Tenement Windows

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In keeping with our mission, we recognize the diverse needs of our audience. The following services and programs are provided to enable all visitors to explore the shared American experiences we interpret at the Tenement Museum.

The Museum's landmark tenement is not wheelchair accessible. However, there are a number of options for visitors with mobility impairments.

Touch Tours

Public Touch Tours
The Confino Apartment is a hands-on program that offers unlimited touching opportunities as well as verbal interaction with a costumed interpreter. Advance Tickets for this tour are available and strongly recommended.

Group Touch Tours
Groups of 5 or more can arrange touch tours for the Getting By and Piecing it Together tours. These narrative tours allow visitors to handle artifacts and reproductions of building details. Groups of 10 or more can schedule a hands-on Confino Apartment program. To schedule reservations for group touch tours, call 212-431-0233 x.240 or e-mail groups@tenement.org

American Sign Language Interpreted Tours

Public ASL Interpreted Tours
ASL interpreted tours are available to the public on the first Sunday of every month. Reservations are strongly suggested. For more information call (212) 431-0233 x 224; for TTY (212) 431-0714; or email signlanguage(at)tenement.org

Group ASL Interpreted Tours
ASL interpreted tours are available to groups of 10 or more by request. To schedule reservations, call 212-431-0233 x.240 or e-mail groups@tenement.org.

Neighborhood Walking Tours

Streets Where We Lived is a walking tour of the Lower East Side. It is available to the public April through December, on Saturday and Sundays at 1:00 and 2:30. It is also available to groups of 10 or more by appointment.

Assistive Listening Equipment

Assistive listening devices are available free of charge at our Visitors Center, located at 108 Orchard Street.

Large Print Materials

Large print materials are available for most programs. Please ask for these materials at the Visitor Center (located at 108 Orchard St.)

Captioning

All videos shown at the Museum are open captioned.

Accessible Visitor Center

The Museum's Visitor Center (located at 108 Orchard Street, near Delancey) is fully accessible, including a universal designed entrance, bathroom and counter to accommodate visitors using wheelchairs. The Visitors Center also features a number of accessible media programs, including:

A captioned video about the Lower East Side.
The Virtual Tour of 97 Orchard Street
A pictorial tour which introduces visitors to the history of the Lower East Side and gives extensive views of 97 Orchard Street
Large print materials

Accessible Bathroom

The bathroom at the Visitors Center is fully accessible. The Visitors Center is located at 108 Orchard, near Delancey.

Virtual Tour

If you are unable to visit the Museum or to access our tenement building, our web site features a Virtual Tour of the tenement at 97 Orchard St.

Visits Offsite from the Tenement Museum

For groups of 10 or more we will send a museum educator for an off-site visit. Please call our Group Scheduling Associate, (212)431-0233, ext. 241, for more information or email groups@tenement.org.

Educator-Led Programs in the Visitor Center

In addition to the above programs, educator-led programs in the accessible Visitor Center are available by appointment. Please call our Education Associate for Access, (212)431-0233, ext. 240, for more information or email signlanguage(at)tenement.org.

If you have questions, please call our Access Coordinator, (212) 431-0233, ext. 240, TTY at (212) 431-0714 or e-mail signlanguage(at)tenement.org

FAQs: Stairs
	How many stairs do I walk up on each tour? The Confino Family tour has: 9 steps up from the street to the first floor 7 steps down to exit. Total: 9 steps up, 7 down The Getting By Tour has: 9 steps up from the street to the first floor; 15 up from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor; 23 down (all at once); Total: 24 steps up, 23 down The Piecing it Together Tour has: 9 steps up from street to the first floor; 29 up from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor; 31 down (all at once); Total: 38 steps up, 31 down