This museum leads very interesting tours through the Lower East Side’s historic tenements dating back from the 19th century. Explore very well preserved tenements with original artifacts from the time as you learn the stories about the families who lived there in the years leading up to and following the turn of the century. The Hard Times tour takes you through the homes of two immigrant families and lets you imagine what life was like for so many coming to the US striving to make a better life. Other tours focus on sweatshop workers and Irish immigrants. The museum also facilitates neighborhood walking tours and food tours.
Hours, daily:
- Mon – Weds; 10:00 am–6:30 pm
- Thurs; 10:00 am–8:30 pm
- Fri; 10:00 am–6:30
- Sat; 10:00 am–7:00 pm
- Sun; 10:00 am–6:30 pm