Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Category: Museums & Collections

Ferry departs the Battery and LIberty state Park, NJ.

Three floors of exhibits chronicling the history of the immigration processing station, where 12 million steerage and third class passengers entered the United States between 1892 and 1954. The Main Building, an ornate French Renaissance Revival structure, houses the museum, a family history research center containing ship manifests and passenger lists, and library with a comprehensive oral history collection.