Visit the Tenements exhibition and gain insight as to how immigrants lived in New York City at the turn of the 19th century. With several family members occupying one- to two-room apartments, the tenements were over-crowded and generally unsafe. With our tenement program, people of all ages are able to see what tenement life would have been like.
The New York State Museum is a program of the University of the State of New York
New York State Education Department