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Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site

Designation: National Historic Site

Location: New York

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📘 Park Overview

The Tenement Museum tells the stories of working-class tenement residents, who moved to New York City from other countries and other parts of the country. Their work helped build the city and nation, and their stories help us understand our history. The museum shares these stories through guided tours of recreated tenement apartments, neighborhood walking tours, and virtual tours and programs.

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🚗 Directions

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, is located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City,.

Images

A room with wooden floors, blue wall paper, two windows, some furniture and a dress hanging.

Inside the Levine Parlor

Credit: Courtesy of the Tenement Museum

A four story red brick building against a blue sky with white puffy clouds

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum as seen from Delancy Street.

Credit: Tenement Museum

A flowering white tree in front of the entrance to the visitor center

Spring in bloom at the entrance to the Tenement Museum visitor center.

Credit: Tenement Museum

A tenement kitchen with cast iron posts, old stove, and a bed next to the stove

The interior of the Rogarshevsky's tenement kitchen.

Credit: Tenement Musuem

A tenement kitchen with cast iron posts, old stove, and a bed next to the stove

The interior of the Rogarshevsky's tenement kitchen.

Credit: Tenement Musuem

Activities

Topics

Operating Hours

Sunday
10:00AM - 5:30PM
Monday
10:00AM - 5:30PM
Tuesday
10:00AM - 5:30PM
Wednesday
10:00AM - 5:30PM
Thursday
10:00AM - 5:30PM
Friday
10:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday
10:00AM - 6:00PM

Entrance Fees

Entrance - Per Person
The Museum is only accessible by guided tenement apartment tours or neighborhood walking tours and requires the purchase of the appropriate ticket. The Tenement Museum Does Not Accept NPS Passes. As an affiliated National Park Service site the museum does not accept or sell National Park Passes, or any of the America the Beautiful—the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes.
$30.00

Entrance Passes

No entrance passes listed.

3-Day Weather Forecast

Wednesday, Mar 18

Sunny

Sunny

High: 42.4°F | Low: 27.7°F

Humidity: 47%

Wind: 12.5 mph

Rain Chance: 0%

UV Index: 0.7

Sunrise: 07:03 AM

Sunset: 07:06 PM

Moon: Waning Crescent (1%)

Visibility: 6 mi

Dew Point: 22.4°F

Cloud Cover: 0%

Pressure: N/A mb

Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A

Ozone: N/A

EPA Index: N/A

Thursday, Mar 19

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

High: 42.3°F | Low: 26.1°F

Humidity: 81%

Wind: 12.8 mph

Rain Chance: 0%

UV Index: 0.9

Sunrise: 07:01 AM

Sunset: 07:07 PM

Moon: New Moon (0%)

Visibility: 6 mi

Dew Point: 31°F

Cloud Cover: 0%

Pressure: N/A mb

Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A

Ozone: N/A

EPA Index: N/A

Friday, Mar 20

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

High: 51.1°F | Low: 35.8°F

Humidity: 81%

Wind: 15 mph

Rain Chance: 0%

UV Index: 1

Sunrise: 06:59 AM

Sunset: 07:08 PM

Moon: Waxing Crescent (1%)

Visibility: 6 mi

Dew Point: 39.3°F

Cloud Cover: 0%

Pressure: N/A mb

Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A

Ozone: N/A

EPA Index: N/A

Park Alerts

Health and Safety Information
Masks are not required but are strongly recommended for all Museum visitors. Children under the age of 5 are not permitted on in-person building tours, but are welcome to attend a neighborhood walking tour or visit us virtually.
Health and Safety Information
Masks are not required but are strongly recommended for all Museum visitors. Children under the age of 5 are not permitted on in-person building tours, but are welcome to attend a neighborhood walking tour or visit us virtually.

Visitor Center & Contacts

📍 Physical Address:
103 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

🏤 Mailing Address:
103 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

📞 Voice Phone: 8779753786

📞 Fax Phone: 2124310402

✉️ Email: lestm@tenement.org

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