Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Immigrant Museum

Today, Ellis Island is an Immigration Museum and is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Visitors may enjoy self-guided tours of the museum, located in the main building, where they can view artifacts, photographs, prints, videos, interactive displays, oral histories, and temporary exhibits.

The American Immigrant Wall of Honor exhibits the names of 600,000 men and women who passed through Ellis Island on the way to their new home. Descendants of the immigrants paid $100 each to have their relative's name placed on the wall.

Immigrant Wall of Honor

In the Immigration History Center, guests can examine passenger logs from the hundreds of ships that arrived here between 1892 and 1924. Volunteers are on-hand to help you locate the records for which you're searching.

The Ellis Island Living Theater provides a 30-minute theatrical production about the challenges of immigration, past and present. The presentation is based upon the oral histories of several Ellis Island immigrants.

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