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Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, NY

  • Address 1 Ellis Island
    New York, NY 10004
    United States
  • Phone number+1 212 883 1986
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  • Neighborhood : Wall Street/Financial District
    http://www.ellisisland.org
  • Mon to Sun from 08:30 AM to 06:15 PM

Not far from Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty stands Ellis Island, former gateway to the United States. Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants landed here. In 1990, the long disused buildings were restored and the Immigration Museum was born. Ellis Island is accessible by ferry from Battery Park in Lower Manhattan and Liberty State Park in New Jersey.

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TravelMuse Reviews ( 1 Review ) Top

Kevin

Immerse yourself in American history

(Rating: 5) by Kevin on October 2, 2008

This place has gestalt. You can feel the American history oozing through the crumbling walls. An easy excursion from lower Manhattan and a beautiful ferry ride to boot.

Yahoo Travel Reviews ( 12 Reviews see all ) Top

Awesome Place

 by  Steph  on  2008-05-18

This place was really good and very emotional for our family. My Great-grandparents came over from Poland and have there names on the wall. For...

Great Expirence!!!

 by  richard6  on  2008-03-27

Ellis island,combined with a visit to liberty island, is an absolutely must for first time visiters to NYC. I spent an enjoyable afternoon wand...

Aww inspiring afternoon

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-08-04

Spent a wonderful afternoon here. It had so much to read and look at ---even for a non history buff. We spent an extra few bucks and saw a sh...

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 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-04-23

yo it was the bomb. it was mad fun and mad lot a cra for people of all ages to do. it was made nas cras yo!

Worth a visit

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-04-12

especially since its on the same ferry as Statue of liberty. My wife's father was on the immigrant hall of honor so the visit was special for u...

Amazing Experience

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-09-26

The ride to Ellis Island is scenic and can be breathtaking at times. The museum itself offers a fanscinating glimpse of history insofar as it ...

CitySearch Reviews ( 14 Reviews see all ) Top

In a word (okay, several): AMAZING. Thought-provoking. Heart-wrenching.

 by  hubriis  on  2009-02-09

We toured Ellis Island in January, so we did not get a good sense of how crowded it must have been when it was a processing facility for immigr...

fascinating museum, with a boat ride too!

 by  nlnethery  on  2007-03-15

this is a great museum to go to on a spring day because of the boat ride to Ellis Island. The tour really helped me imagine how my great-grand...

Enchanting Experience

 by  dotschild1  on  2005-10-13

Take your time to wander about the majestic hall of this beautifully restored building. Share in the footsteps of past relatives and feel the ...

Three floors of thoughtfully curated exhibits present an awe-inspiring look at America's immigrant past.

 by  Contributor  on  2004-12-13

OverviewBetween 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants queued up on Ellis Island for the chance to set foot on U.S. soil. Their pas

Very moving

 by  rudee  on  2003-09-02

Although I'm not an American citizen (Canadian actually) I still found the Museum facinating. I highly recommend taking the free guided tour. ...

A wonderful experience!

 by  suziecurliecue  on  2003-03-11

When I walked through the whole place, I could feel all the emotions that had went on in there. It is so cool to go outside and look at the imm...

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