Ellis Island Immigration Museum
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Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
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Neighbourhood: Downtown Manhattan (Downtown)
How to get there
- South Ferry • 5 min walk
- Whitehall St – South Ferry • 5 min walk
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Jan W
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland529 contributions
May 2022
A fascinating visit with audio guides, very well organized museum. A great explanation of history of immigration of US.
Written 1 July 2022
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Simina31
Bucharest, Romania1,206 contributions
May 2022
Fantastic museum which should not be skipped! So many people got off the ferry after they visited Liberty Island and this is just sad in my opinion. The museum offers a lot of information about American history, but also insights as to why people left their places of origin, and we enjoyed every part of it. Finding information, photos, passports, of people who left from our home country, Romania, was just the cherry on top.
Written 15 June 2022
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Howard L
Park Ridge, IL836 contributions
Jun 2022
Of all the touristy things to do in NYC, this is what I wanted to see the most. Unless you're a 100.0% pure breed Native American, someone in your family tree has gone through an immigration experience into this still great country. I'm no different and wanted to see how the various experiences at Ellis Island were captured and compared. My own parents immigrated through Angel Island in San Francisco, and I know things about their harrowing experience. I expect it would pretty much be the same stressful and harrowing circumstance and experience here, just different side of the country and world.
The individual and collective stories were poignant and captivating. I could have spent a half a day here but just spent 2 solid hours given our schedule. The second floor story rooms, surrounding the huge and historic Registry Room, and documenting personal tales and anecdotes was well organized and presented a moving portrayal of the total immigration experience. Tales of hope, joy, fear, misery, heartbreak, you name it, good breaks and bad breaks that made all the difference - all of which we can relate to. It's all a reminder to be very thankful to our forebears who went through and survived this experience and built a new life for themselves and their descendants. And for that, it's a must-see attraction.
The individual and collective stories were poignant and captivating. I could have spent a half a day here but just spent 2 solid hours given our schedule. The second floor story rooms, surrounding the huge and historic Registry Room, and documenting personal tales and anecdotes was well organized and presented a moving portrayal of the total immigration experience. Tales of hope, joy, fear, misery, heartbreak, you name it, good breaks and bad breaks that made all the difference - all of which we can relate to. It's all a reminder to be very thankful to our forebears who went through and survived this experience and built a new life for themselves and their descendants. And for that, it's a must-see attraction.
Written 9 June 2022
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spanishrose1952
Mijas, Spain134 contributions
Apr 2022
This was our second visit to Ellis Island but as we were in NYC with our son and daughter in law who had never been we took the ferry from Battery Park. It is a really interesting place steeped in the history of the immigrants who passed through. A must visit
Written 17 April 2022
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Tom B
7 contributions
Mar 2022
This was my second visit to Ellis Island. You can do so much here to check your family history as they came through Ellis Island and into America. Got to see the names of my Great-Great Grandparents and Grandparents on the wall. Also saw the hospital, although it is not open yet. Must see is show named "Forgotten Ellis Island." Most moving.
Written 26 March 2022
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StephenCross
Dublin, Ireland17,103 contributions
Feb 2022 • Solo
The Ellis Island Museum is based in Battery Park and documents the history of all the immigrants that were processed via the Ellis Island entry point.
Written 6 February 2022
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Traveler733633
43 contributions
Dec 2021 • Couples
What an amazing museum! I highly recommend getting the audio tour as it really helps to explain the background and journey many people took. So much interesting information and such a well preserved building. A must see if you are visiting NYC!
Written 30 December 2021
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Misty J
Belton, TX65 contributions
Nov 2021 • Family
A great place to learn history and walk through to experience. The hand held audio is a must and is free, you’re able to walk through with a guide in your hand. I think the people without the audio, missed a big part of the experience being able to here from immigrants from their perspective. The grounds are beautiful.
Written 14 November 2021
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SuperTed19
Madison, WI689 contributions
Sep 2021
There is so much here that you could spend a full day and not come close to discovering everything. Hint: allow plenty of time, because you are likely to find yourself wanting to see just a bit more throughout your visit.
Written 13 November 2021
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abdel b
1 contribution
Jun 2021
I visited the Ellis Island Immigation in December 2020. I was impatient of see the historical fact, Where thousands of immigrants were processed befor entering the United States and the stories of the peopol who came through here on their journey to the United States and than the Statute of Liberty is gift by the French. This day was amazing and beautiful i learned a lot of things.
Written 30 October 2021
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Pahdz
Brandon, FL89 contributions
Hi! Did you do the Hard Hat Tour with another tour with a guide or did you just ride the ferry over and do the HHT? Wondering if both tours would be too much. Want to see the new museum on Liberty Island and then visit Ellis Island. Did the HHT tickets let you skip the lines?
Mark T
Bedford, UK67 contributions
Hi. Sorry, I don't do the Hard Hat Tour. I didn't have time. I just did the audio tour of the main immigration areas of Ellis Island.
The new museum at Liberty Island was good - no lines to skip as it's just an open space to wander around.
Hope that's useful.
FEI Arab
5 contributions
How do I go about booking this "Hard Hat" tour that I have been reading about? Does it take the place of a "regular" tour or is it in addition?
On this same note - where is the best place for a "country mouse" family of five to stay if we wanted to do Frozen one night and then Ellis Island the next day. We seriously live on a farm and have very little "city" knowledge....
jeanh932
East Lansing, MI25 contributions
You can book the hard hat your through the statue of liberty, national parks, website. It is where you buy the ferry ticket also.
If you want to stay at a hotel in the city but not too busy, I've found staying between the high twenties and mid thirties (streets) to be convenient for walking and public transportation.
Giovanna F
Santi Cosma e Damiano, Italy185 contributions
Quante ore ci vogliono per visitare la statua della libertà e il museo dell'immigrazione ? Giusto per pianificare la giornata grazie
AleMes2013
Roma130 contributions
Giovanna dipende dal periodo, ad agosto le file saranno lunghissime, ti consiglio, dato che sarai sotto fuso orario, di andare subito il primo giorno molto presto, fare il biglietto on line dall'Italia (solo traghetto 18$, con piedistallo 25,5$, con piedistallo
e corona 28,5$) io li ho acquistati tramite il sito statueoflibertytickets Se fai i Pass cittadini (più attrazioni a minor costo che convengono molto) è compreso solo il traghetto che ti consente comunque di scendere sull'isola e fotografare da sotto la statua e lo skyline di Manahattan e poi di fermarti ad Ellis Island (che è la cos in assoluto più interessante con le audioguide gratis ottime) ma se ci sei io ti consiglio quantomeno la visita al piedistallo che contiene il museo della statua (come è stat costruita con i vari prototipi e la prima fiaccola installata molto interessante per me) per la corona io ho preferito passare perché essendo un po' claustrofobica dicevano che era molto stretta e di circa 350 scalini ma mia figlia si è molto indispettita di non salire. se arrivi presto con biglietti fatti e scegli piedistallo + ellis islan con 4 ore la fai ma non facendo fila, se fai la fila il tempo non è quantificabile. sono a disposizione se serve Alessandra
Isaac A
24 contributions
Hola,
Hay que comprar los boletos con anticipacion? o llegando ahi? que recomiendan? a que punto exactamnte en Manhhatan hay que llegar?
Gracias
Daniel Soto
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile189 contributions
El boleto de ferry por el que se llega a la Estatua de la Libertad y Ellis Island se pueden comprar anticipadamente por internet o directo en Castle Clinton (Battery Park)
sonia P
Rungis, France31 contributions
Bonjour, je souhaite simplement visiter le musée à Ellis Island, y a il un ferry qui s'y rend directement sans savoir s'arrêter et payer pour?
Victoria T
Essex, CT534 contributions
As far as I know there is only a paying ferry that goes to Ellis Island. The tickets are $18 each, but you are not required to pay anything else once you are there, and you can stay until the last ferry at 5.30pm
Barbara S
Wayne, New Jersey, United States29 contributions
What is the best day of the week to see this attraction? I very much want to go. I’m thinking of spring or summer. Thank you
chibex32
Chicago, IL298 contributions
We went early on a Saturday morning in the fall. You could tell it was getting busiest throughout our time there. I think earlier is more important than what day. It is always busy but even with that I didn't feel overwhelmed.
692Elisa
Catania, Italy72 contributions
Quali sono gli orari di visita del museo?
Quanto può durare in media una visita?
wizard-goffredo
milano290 contributions
ciao a tutti, scusa per il ritardo della risposta. il mio consiglio è: prenditi tutto il tempo, prenota per tempo la salita sulla corona, si prenota e si paga a parte, non il giorno stesso ma qualche giorno prima, sono più di 300 scalini ma ne vale la pena, ellis Island secondo me deve essere visitata in modo consapevole, consiglio di andare a vedere l'ospedale storico per rendersi conto delle sofferenze che gli italiani hanno patito all'inizio del 900 con l'emigrazione... oggi gli immigrati sono trattati benissimo ... noi eravamo trattati in un modo che qui non posso definire .... posso dire malissimo ma non spiega tutto. goffredo
Annette2874
La Garde, France42 contributions
Bonjour.
Dois je absolument descendre à la statue liberty avant de rejoindre ellis island le musee ou puis je rester a bord et être sure de ne pas faire demi tour????
MabiBatista
Las Toscas, Uruguay129 contributions
Puedes bajar en Estatua de la Libertad, recorrer sin subir, (esto se reserva casi con un año de antelación la Subida a la misma) y luego vuelves a tomar el Ferry que llega uno cada pocos minutos y visitar Isla Ellys. Realmente para no perdersela. Te llevará recorrerla bien unas dos. La Isla Ellys solamente. Otras 2 horas, la Estatua como minimo. Tu determinas donde te bajas. En nuestro caso, en ambos lugares.
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