Tenement Apartment Tours

Explore how immigrant women coped with economic hardship through the stories of Natalie Gumpertz and Mrs. Wong. Hear how these two women, living a century apart, shared similar struggles, hopes, and survival strategies as they made new lives.

This combination apartment and walking tour explores the challenges faced by Jewish immigrant mothers in 1902. Visit the Levine family apartment, then, walk the streets of the Lower East Side to learn how women organized the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.

Step into the life of the Baldizzi family in 1933. Visit their recreated home inside our 103 Orchard Street tenement, then travel out into the neighborhood to explore their community and how they were getting by during the Great Depression.

Journey back in time to 1916 for an immersive experience with an actor playing Victoria Confino, a real teenager who immigrated to the United States in 1913! Meet Victoria in her family’s recreated tenement apartment exhibit inside the Manny Cantor...

Step inside the tenement homes of the Epstein and Saez Velez families in the 1950s and 1960s. Explore what life was like for Jewish Holocaust survivors and Puerto Rican migrants in a NYC neighborhood becoming more racially and culturally diverse.

Join us for a special late afternoon tour that will include an exploration of the research, preservation, and restoration work that went into the recreation of the Levine family's 1902 tenement home.

Join us for a special late afternoon tour that will include an exploration of the research, preservation, and restoration work that went into the recreation of the Baldizzi family's 1933 tenement home.