Tenement Apartment Tours

Tenement apartment tours explore historically recreated homes and the immigrant and migrant families who lived in them in the 19th and 20th centuries. Get a glimpse of the past on a tour inside a New York City tenement home and glean insights from experienced educators who offer historical perspectives that relate to current conversations about immigration.

97 Orchard Street is back! After a year-long preservation project, our historic 1863 tenement is now open to the public. We’re relaunching our tours with a fresh twist (and some brand-new tours, too!).

Get your tickets now and be among the first to visit 97 Orchard Street again!

Tenement Apartment Tours

100 Years Apart

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.

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Finding Home

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.

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Tenement Women: 1902

Explores the challenges faced by Jewish immigrant mothers in 1902. Visit the Levine family apartment, then walk to nearby stops to learn how women organized the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.

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Meet Victoria

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

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Family Owned

Explore the importance of tenement small businesses through the stories of Schneider’s saloon, opened by a married couple during the height of the Civil War, and an auction house, inherited by Max Marcus during the Great Depression.

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After the Famine: 1869

Visit the home of Joseph and Bridget Moore, Irish Catholic immigrants who grew up during the years of the Irish famine, and arrived in a rapidly changing, post-Civil War New York City to raise their family.

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Under One Roof

STARTING OCT 2 - In the early 1900s, conditions in tenements and factories inspired critical debates about life in cities. Trace this period of high immigration and political change through the stories of the Rogarshevsky and the Baldizzi families.

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At Home in 1911

Visit the recreated 1910s apartment of an Eastern European Jewish family earning a living in the garment trade. Experience what daily life was like for the Rogarshevskys balancing work, family, and community.

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A Perfect Gift For Everyone

Give the gift of history! Tenement Museum Gift Cards can be used for tour tickets, a new Museum membership, donations, and purchases from the Museum Shop.


The Tenement Museum reserves the right to refuse or revoke the admission of any visitor whose conduct violates our guidelines. Please contact Visitor Services at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns relating to your visit.