6 fascinating facts you probably didn't know about NYC's Tenement Museum

"Orchard Street, the eight-block stretch of the Lower East Side named as Time Out's coolest street in NYC this year, has undergone a host of changes in its history. Often, New York City's street-level history gets forgotten-demolished, paved over and deemed too small to make history books. But one museum is dedicated to remembering the stories of this street and its people ."

"The Tenement Museum, located inside a real New York City tenement, documents life here from the 1860s to the 1980s. It shares the stories of working class New Yorkers inside their actual homes. Whether you're a born-and-raised New Yorker or a visitor, this museum should be on your must-visit list. We sat down with the museum's president Annie Polland to talk about the museum and pick up some interesting facts you probably don't know about it."

Orchard Street on the Lower East Side has experienced many changes and houses a museum dedicated to preserving street-level history. The Tenement Museum occupies two real tenements, 97 and 103 Orchard Street, and documents working-class life from the 1860s to the 1980s. Tours guide visitors through restored apartments, hallways, kitchens, and parlors while educators present stories, census records, and photographs for a dynamic experience. Featured resident families include the Schneiders (German, 1865), the Moores (Black), the Confinos (Sephardic Jewish, 1916), and the Saez-Valezes (Puerto Rican, 1960s). The museum preserves immigrant and refugee experiences and the neighborhood's layered history.

Read at Time Out New York