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The Tenement Museum

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Pauline Frommer

Updated January 2, 2025––At first glance, this museum looks like just many brownstone building on this Lower East Side block . . . and that's exactly the point. The first-ever National Trust for Historic Preservation site that was not the home of someone rich or famous, the Tenement Museum's first building was ...

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Address

108 Orchard St

Neighborhood

Lower East Side

Phone

212/431-0233
Website

http://www.tenement.org
Hours

Tours daily 10am–5pm

Prices

All tours $30

Transportation

Subway: F to Delancey St.; J, M to Essex St

Bookstore

Frommers New York City 2025

Available as paperback
and as e-book.

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