Senior Week Virtual Museum Tours

Join us as we visit a special museum from the warmth of our homes!

The Tenement Museum

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a National Historic Site. The Museum’s two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011.

Tour description: Explore the story of the Rogarshevskys, a Jewish American family from Lithuania who lived at 97 Orchard Street in the 1910s. Discuss how the family earned a living in the garment industry, and how that work impacted their experiences at home.