Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum (Tenement buildings at 97 & 103 Orchard St.) | |
(2010) | |
| Location | 97 Orchard Street, Manhattan, New York 10002 |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′06.6″N 73°59′24.5″W / 40.718500°N 73.990139°W |
| Area | 0.0925 acres (4,030 sq ft; 374 m2) |
| Built | 1863 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Website | www |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000556 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1992 |
| Designated NHL | April 19, 1994 |
| Designated NHS | November 12, 1998 |
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a museum and National Historic Site located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 1935 (97 Orchard Street) and 1888 and 2015 (103 Orchard Street). The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.