Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site is an affiliated area of the National Park System. It is not a park unit.
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.
About under an hour from New York by car.
Alerts
- InformationHealth and Safety
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.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here. The tours below are the exception.
| Type | Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Tours & reservations | ||
| Tenement Apartment TourJan–Dec | $30 | |
| Neighborhood Walking TourJan–Dec | $30 | |
The Museum is only accessible by guided tenement apartment tours or neighborhood walking tours and requires the purchase of the appropriate ticket. As an affiliated National Park Service site the Lower East Side Tenement Museum does not accept or sell National Park Passes, or any of the America the Beautiful—the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes.
While the National Park Service does not collect an entrance fee at this site, the Museum is only accessible by guided tenement apartment tours or neighborhood walking tours and requires the purchase of the appropriate ticket.
Hours
| Visitor Center and Museum Shop Hours | Varies by day ▾
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Hours by date. Standard hours apply on every date not listed.
| Dates | Hours |
|---|---|
| Standard hoursNow |
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| Nov 26, 2026Thanksgiving | Closed |
| Dec 25, 2026Christmas | Closed |
Visitor centers
- Visitor Center ↗Passport stamp
Located on the corner of Delancey Street, at 103 Orchard Street, you will find the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Visitor Center and Museum Shop. A wheelchair access entrance is located on the Delancey Street side of 103 Orchard Street, with the closest street address being 81 Delancey.
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Things to do
- Tenement Museum Tours60-90 Minutes
The guided tours currently offered by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
Opens on the Park Service site
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Historic landmarks nearby
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Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
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Questions people ask
Does Lower East Side Tenement Museum charge an entrance fee?
No. Lower East Side Tenement Museum is free to enter, though some tours and ticketed sites inside charge separately.
Source: National Park Service
What are the hours at Lower East Side Tenement Museum?
Hours differ by day of the week. The full schedule is under Hours on this page. Dated exceptions are listed under Hours.
Source: National Park Service
Is anything closed at Lower East Side Tenement Museum right now?
1 active alert as of October 14, 2026: Health and Safety.
Source: Alerts
Is there cell service at Lower East Side Tenement Museum?
At the park's reference point, FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G. Coverage inside the park varies by location.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
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- Every active Park Service alert for this unit, one item each, rebuilt with the nightly data refresh.
- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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