Special Winter Discount
Get 30% Off Your Walking Tour
USE CODE WALK AT CHECKOUT
Special Winter Discount
Get 30% Off Your Walking Tour
USE CODE WALK AT CHECKOUT
We look forward to welcoming you to the Tenement Museum! The Museum is accessible by guided tours and experiences only. We are excited to offer both guided tours of our recreated tenement apartments and walking tours of the Lower East Side neighborhood.
COVID-19 Guidelines | The Museum Shop and Visitor Center are mask-optional for all visitors and staff. Masks are still required on all indoor building tours. See our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for more details.
Explore historically restored tenement apartments and discover how immigrants lived on New York’s Lower East Side in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Discover often-forgotten places, unexplored spaces, and the many histories of migration over centuries on New York’s Lower East Side.
All tours begin at the Museum Visitor Center and Shop located at 103 Orchard Street. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled tour start time. The Museum Shop offers an excellent selection of books and gifts about New York, immigration, and tenements.
COVID-19 Guidelines | The Museum Shop and Visitor Center are mask-optional for all visitors and staff. Masks are still required on all indoor building tours. Children under 5 cannot attend building tours at this time. See our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for more details.
The Visitor Center and Museum Shop are open 7 days a week. See below for our hours of operation.
*The Museum offers discounts for teachers, military, neighborhood residents (10002 zip code), visitors with disabilities, members of AAM, MANY, and National Trust. For more information please contact our call center at [email protected]
103 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
1-877-975-3786
Located on the corner of Orchard St and Delancey St. All tours start here.
A wheelchair-accessible entrance is located on the Delancey Street side of 103 Orchard Street. The closest street address is 81 Delancey Street.
Subway service can sometimes change. Please check the MTA website for service updates before heading to the Tenement Museum.
to Grand Street
Exit at Grand and Chrystie. Walk east (away from Bowery) on Grand Street for four blocks. Take a left at Orchard Street and walk north for two blocks to the Museum Shop 103 Orchard Street.
to Delancey Street
Once you exit the subway, walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) on Delancey Street to Orchard Street, turn left, and walk 1/2 block south to the Museum Shop 103 Orchard Street.
to Essex Street
Once you exit the subway, walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) on Delancey Street to Orchard Street, turn left, and walk 1/2 block south to the Museum Shop 103 Orchard Street.
The M15 and Sightseeing buses stop at the corner of Grand and Allen Streets. Exit the bus and walk one block east to Orchard Street. Then walk one 1/2 block north toward Delancey Street.
The Tenement Museum does not offer onsite parking. Metered street parking is available, but limited. Please allow plenty of additional time to find parking if you require it.
Please read through the visitor COVID-19 safety guidelines to help orient you before you arrive and ensure you get the most out of your experience.