Lower East Side Tenement Museum

The Tenement Museum (Tenement buildings at 97 & 103 Orchard St.)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Site
(2010)
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Location	97 Orchard Street, Manhattan, New York 10002
Coordinates	40°43′06.6″N 73°59′24.5″W / 40.718500°N 73.990139°W / 40.718500; -73.990139
Area	0.0925 acres (4,030 sq ft; 374 m2)
Built	1863
Architectural style	Italianate
Website	www.tenement.org
NRHP reference No.	92000556[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1992
Designated NHL	April 19, 1994
Designated NHS	November 12, 1998

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a museum and National Historic Site located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011. The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.