Ellis Island: National Museum of Immigration 
Description
Its estimated that over 12 million people passed through the immigration desks at Ellis island over the 50 or so years that the site was operational. Left to decay in the 1950s but rescued by the National Parks Service in the 1980s and restored to how it would have looked at the start of the 20th century. You can walk round the main parts of the building that new arrivals to America would have experienced, including the baggage hall on the ground floor and then the registration hall on the floor above. There are several exhibits that look at people coming to America from the 16th Century up until the creation of Ellis Island in the 1880s, then the period of Ellis Island, before a final exhibit on Immigration since the 1950s. There is also a 30 minute film you can watch that tells a little more about how the island operated. If you had, or suspect you had, relatives who landed at Ellis Island you can use the research terminals to investigate.
Charge
Included in Statue City Cruise fare
Getting There
Latitude: 40.699074; Longitude: -74.03963
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