Tenement Museum, New York City

Date of visit Dec 2022. Being fascinated with all things Victorian/old and the history of tenement life, this was a must-see for my 3rd trip back to NYC. The check-in point for all tours is a store, which has lots of items for sale and even a little cinema room (constantly showing info of all the buildings they operate and local history) which was handy to rest our tired legs while waiting for our tour to start. Our guide was fantastic. She was extremely knowledgeable and inclusive. I personally loved the old Tenement itself (we booked for the Jewish Taylor family), which is lovingly preseved. You get a real sense of what life was like in that period of time. There are a couple of flights of stairs to climb, but apart from that, it was an amazing experience. Highly recommend.

Extremely interesting museum. Tour was fascinating and going through the old tenement building dynamite. Very good bookstore and the movie that runs on a loop was very interesting. Would’ve given five stars except the staff working there were kind of snippety and they didn’t allow any photographs in the tenement building tour. Why? I have no idea!