The museum on Ellis Island in the New York harbour is reopening with a new name and a new mission.
The Ellis Island Immigration Museum becomes the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, and will be attempting to tell the complete story of immigration in the United States, from the days when hopeful new arrivals were processed on the island, right up to the experience of modern day immigrants to the US. The new gallery named ‘The Journey: New Eras of Immigration’ covers the story of immigrants after Ellis Island closed in 1954 and mirrors the same structure of the rest of the museum with sections covering ‘Leaving,’ ‘Making the Trip,’ ‘Arrival,’ ‘Struggle and Survival,’ and ‘Building a Nation’.
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Click here to visit the Lonely Planet shop for more ebooks and print versions.The Ellis Island Immigration Museum becomes the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, and will be attempting to tell the complete story of immigration in the United States, from the days when hopeful new arrivals were processed on the island, right up to the experience of modern day immigrants to the US. The new gallery named ‘The Journey: New Eras of Immigration’ covers the story of immigrants after Ellis Island closed in 1954 and mirrors the same structure of the rest of the museum with sections covering ‘Leaving,’ ‘Making the Trip,’ ‘Arrival,’ ‘Struggle and Survival,’ and ‘Building a Nation’.
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Coverage includes: Plan Your Trip, Neighborhoods at a Glance, Lower Manhattan & the Financial District, SoHo & Chinatown, East Village & Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy, Midtown, Upper East Side, Upper West Side & Central Park, Harlem & Upper Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Day Trips from New York City, Sleeping, Understand New York City and Survival Guide.
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