On Nov. 12, 1954, a main entry point into the United States was closed as immigration station, detention center.

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York. In 2014, she told the BBC ...

Since 1990, the site has been home to the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. Now, after more than three decades, the museum is getting a makeover. The $100 million project, which was ...

For “Ellis Island Museum Reimagined”—the US$100 million project being undertaken by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island ...

This award-winning immigration documentary is shown in two of the island’s three theaters and is accompanied by a 15-minute introduction by a park ranger. Call 212-363-3200 for schedules and ...

Ellis Island waylaid certain arrivals ... the Main Building was fully restored and opened as the Immigration Museum. Thirty other buildings, including the Baggage and Dormitory Building, the ...

On the island, swing by the Main Building and the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration housed inside. Here, you'll find exhibits displaying some of the family heirlooms and keepsakes that ...

You'll have time to visit the Statue of Liberty Museum before boarding the ferry again to visit Ellis Island, where the formal tour concludes. Once on Ellis Island, you can stay for as long as you ...

The Park Service described a typical day at the immigration station: “Immigrants came face to face with inspectors, interpreters, nurses, doctors, social workers, and many others. As a large federal ...

Hine first went to Ellis Island at the behest of the Ethical Culture ... Pennsylvania / Lewis Wickes Hine / 1909 / Smith College Museum of Art / Northampton, Massachusetts / Transfer from Hillyer ...

During Ellis Island's first few decades ... but it is open again today as a museum that highlights the rich history of new arrivals to the US. For more stories and never-before-published ...

Ellis Island waylaid certain arrivals ... the Main Building was fully restored and opened as the Immigration Museum.