Visit the homes of German-Jewish & Italian Catholic families surviving the Panic of 1873 and the Great Depression.

See the homes & garment shop of Jewish families who lived in the tenement during the �great wave� of immigration to America.

Visit the 1869 home of the Moores, Irish immigrants coping with the death of a child.

Getting By: Immigrants Weathering Hard Times

Discover how immigrants survived economic depressions at 97 Orchard Street between 1863 and 1935. Visit the restored homes of the German-Jewish Gumpertz family, whose patriarch disappeared during the Panic of 1873, and the Italian-Catholic Baldizzi family, who lived through the Great Depression.

This tour lasts 60 minutes.
Recommended for ages 8 & up.
This tour goes to the 2nd Floor: 24 steps up, 23 down

Piecing It Together: Immigrants In The Garment Industry

Visit the restored homes of two Eastern European Jewish families who lived in 97 Orchard Street at the turn of the 20th century, when the neighborhood was the most densely populated place on earth. See how the Levine family operated a garment factory in their own apartment, then pay a shiva (bereavement) call to the Rogarshevsky family as they mourn the loss of their father from the "tailors� disease."

This tour lasts 60 minutes.
Recommended for ages 8 & up.
This tour goes to the 3rd Floor: 38 steps up, 31 down

The Moore Family Tour

Experience the heart of the immigrant saga through the music of Irish America, then tour the restored home of the Moore family, Irish-Catholic immigrants coping with the death of a child in 1869. Compare the Moore's struggle to keep their family healthy with that of the Katz family, Russian-Jewish immigrants who left their �mark� on our building in the 1930s.

This tour lasts 60 minutes
Recommended for ages 12 & up.
This tour goes to the 4th Floor: 61 steps up, 53 down

Meet Victoria Confino, a teen-age, Sephardic-Jewish immigrant played by a costumed interpreter. Set during 1916. Perfect for families.

Visit 12 Lower East Side sites important to immigrants past & present. This tour does not enter the tenement at 97 Orchard.

Join a facilitated conversation with other visitors about immigration-related issues. Held in conjunction with selected tours only.

Confino Family
Living History Program

Visit the apartment of a Sephardic Jewish family and meet a costumed interpreter playing 14-year-old Victoria Confino, who lived in the tenement in 1916. Visitors take on the role of newly arrived immigrants, and ask Victoria questions about adjusting to life on the Lower East Side . Designed for families, this tour allows visitors to handle household objects and listen to music on an authentic wind-up Victrola.

This tour lasts 60 minutes.
Recommended for ages 5 & up.
This tour goes to the 1st Floor: 9 steps up, 7 down

Walking Tour:
Lower East Side Stories

Take a walking tour of the Lower East Side and discover how different waves of immigrants used the same buildings: how the Forward building was first home to a newspaper by and for Jewish immigrants, then became the site of a Chinese Bible tract society and is now condominiums. Visit a dozen sites important to immigrants past and present, including synagogues and churches, schools and storefronts. Please note that this tour does not enter any buildings, including the 97 Orchard Street .

This tour lasts 90 minutes.
Recommended for ages 8 & up.