Lower East Side Tenement Museum
NY
MuseumArchitect
Li-Saltzman Architects
Renovation Architect
Perkins Eastman
Designations
National Register of Historic Places in May 19, 1992
National Historic Landmark in Apr 19, 1994
National Historic Site in Nov 12, 1998
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Chartered in 1988, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum illustrates the life of the people who lived in the tenement building at 97 Orchard, home to an estimated 7000 people from over 20 nations between 1863-1935. It also illustrates the changing streetscape and neighborhood of the Lower East Side. The Museum also houses a theater at the 90 Orchard Street location.
Chartered in 1988, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum illustrates the life of the people who lived in the tenement building at 97 Orchard, home to an estimated 7000 people from over 20 nations between 1863-1935. It also illustrates the changing streetscape and neighborhood of the Lower East Side. The Museum also houses a theater at the 90 Orchard Street location.
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Nearby
| Ludlow Street Jail | 519 feet |
| Crossing Delancey | 900 feet |
| Jacob H. Schiff Fountain | 0.3 miles |
| Togo statue | 0.4 miles |
| Seward Park | 0.4 miles |
| Eldridge Street Jail opens | 0.5 miles |
| NYPL Seward Park Library Branch | 0.5 miles |
| Jacob H. Schiff Fountain | 0.5 miles |
| When Harry Met Sally released | 0.5 miles |
