A Tenement Story
Print and e-Book
A visually compelling experience, A Tenement Story is the culmination of over 30 years of dedicated stewardship of two tenement buildings on Orchard Street through vivid photographs of the last two centuries.
Notes from the Tenement
The Tenement Museum tells the uniquely American stories of immigrants, migrants, and refugees in the ongoing creation of our nation.
From curious anecdotes and fun recipes to scholarly research and deep dives, get a behind-the-scenes look at special Museum content on our blog – curated by our historians and staff.
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Ridley’s… Believe It or Not!
The Tenement Museum offers four different walking tours, where our visitors will take a...
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Getting “Hooked” – 19th Century Human Smuggling on the Mexican Border
Next week’s Tenement Talk discusses After They Closed the Gates, an exploration of...
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More Harm Than Good
Spring is finally upon us! Soon New York will be blessed with warm evenings and blooming...
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Kick Up Your Heels!
Many of my favorite nights out on the town have occurred on the Lower East Side; from...
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Emma Goldman’s Legacy: An Interview with Activist Cynthia Cooper
“Hers was the sensibility not of the intellectual but of the artist; and she...
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History at Home
A few months ago, quite out of the blue, my friend Nathalie emailed me with a rather...
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One Powerful Handshake
Over the past 100 years, anarchist, writer, orator, and women’s rights activist Emma...
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March’s Visitor of the Month
Our visitors are what make the Tenement Museum the thriving and growing place that it is...
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Spring Cleaning? They Do It All Year!
According to the Huffington Post, Tokyo is the cleanest city in the world; New York City...
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Reading, Writing, Architecture
What does a school look like? If you envision a big building with big windows and tall...
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A Confino Family Reunion
On our “Meet Victoria” program, visitors meet and talk with a costumed...
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Lives Gone in a Puff of Smoke
About 3:45 am on the morning of March 14, 1905, Isidor Davis noticed a glare. Davis was...
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Your Story, Our Story
A Digital Collection
Your Story, Our Story features objects that tell personal stories of American immigration and migration. The Tenement Museum invites people across the country to share these mementos and stories in our online digital storytelling exhibit.