17 April 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Living, Working, Building, Museums, Exhibitions, New York City
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The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, located at 97 and 103
Orchard Street in the
Lower East Side neighborhood of
Manhattan,
New York City, is a
National Historic Site. The museum’s two historical
tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011. The museum, which includes a visitors’ center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the
immigrant experience.
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