Through interactive tours of the tenement buildings and Lower East Side neighborhood, students investigate universal themes of cultural identity, discrimination, and human rights. All programs are led by skilled Educators who engage students in activities, storytelling, and conversation to connect their experiences to the past. All programs are aligned with the National Education Standards, the C3 framework, and multi-state Social Studies Scope and Sequence.
Plan a School Visit Onsite
COVID-19 Guidelines | Masking is required on all indoor tours and in the Visitor Center.
School Group Rates
K-12 Students
Please note:
- Chaperones | Adult chaperones are required for every group and are included in the attendee count.
- Pricing | Pricing is the same for all K-12 groups, including Title 1 schools, for onsite visitation in 2022.
To make a reservation, please complete the school group request form or contact us:

Apartment Tours
Interactive apartment tours invite students to explore historically recreated spaces in restored tenement buildings and discover how im/migrants experienced life in these homes and built communities here in the 19th and 20th centuries. Tours are guided by Educators who use storytelling, activities, and objects to engage with history.
Currently Available Programs:
- 100 Years Apart
- Finding Home
- Exploring a Tenement:1902
- Exploring a Tenement:1933

Neighborhood Walking Tours
Discover the city by visiting historical sites in the dynamic and ever-changing Lower East Side and learn about the people and neighborhoods that made New York City what it is today. Walking tours take place outside (rain or shine) and do not enter the tenement buildings.
Currently Available Programs:
- Outside the Home
- Day in the Life: 1911

Costumed Interpreter Programs
Students meet interpreters portraying actual residents and hear first-hand about their experiences. Ask Victoria and Bridget questions and hear stories about their homes, their journey to the United States, and what life was like on the Lower East Side as an immigrant in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Currently Available Programs:
- Meet Victoria
- Meet Bridget – Coming in Spring 2023
Contact
If you need assistance with booking a group, please contact [email protected] or call 646-518-3002.