Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month


Sept. 7 @ 1:00 pm
Interpreted Event
"Lower East Side Stories:
Neighborhood Walking Tour"

Length: 1 hr. 30 min.

Stroll the Lower East Side and learn how different immigrant groups shaped, and continue to shape, the community. See the public spaces and the historic buildings that have been used by successive groups of immigrants who have settled on the Lower East Side.

ASL Interpreters:
TBA

In collaboration with local residents, the Tenement Museum has created a walking tour that looks at the neighborhood’s past and present, focusing on specific sites in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Please note: This tour does not go inside the tenement at 97 Orchard Street

This tour is suitable for children 8 years & older.

This tour is wheelchair accessible.

Length: Approx. 90 minutes long.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

 
To make a reservation for the monthly ASL interpreted tour,
please call Danielle Linzer, Education Coordinator at 212-431-0233 ext. 240 / TTY 212-431-0714
or send an e-mail to signlanguage@tenement.org.

All tours begin at 108 Orchard Street
The Visitors Center of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

For more information about future monthly ASL interpreted tours, please visit our website at http://www.tenement.org/tours.html.
  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!
Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.
  • Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

    • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

      To place a reservation:

      1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

      Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
      or TTY (212) 431-0714,

      Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

      2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

      Your contact number to confirm your reservation

      Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

      Tour date

      Credit card information:
      -Type of credit card
      -Name that appears on the card
      -The card's number
      -Expiration date

      ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
      OR

      3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

      Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

      If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

      Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!
LOWER EAST SIDE
TENEMENT MUSEUM
Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month
August 3
@ 1:00 pm
Interpreted Event

The Confino Living History
&
open captioned Film about
Immigrant Experiences
at the Visitors Center

This "living history" apartment is based on the Sephardic-Jewish Confino family from Kastoria, (once part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece).

A costumed interpreter plays teenage Victoria Confino circa 1916. She welcomes visitors as though they were newly arrived immigrants, teaching them how to adapt to America.

The Confino apartment is a hands-on experience: visitors can touch any items in the apartment, try on period clothing and fox trot to music played on an authentic wind-up Victrola.

Please note that this tour is 1 hour long
and suitable for children 5 years and older.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!

Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.
  • Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

    Reservations strongly suggested!

    ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

    The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

    Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or her service.

    Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
    voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
    or email signlanguage@tenement.org
    by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.

    • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

      To place a reservation:

      1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

      Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
      or TTY (212) 431-0714,

      Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

      2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

      Your contact number to confirm your reservation

      Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

      Tour date

      Credit card information:
      -Type of credit card
      -Name that appears on the card
      -The card's number
      -Expiration date

      ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
      OR


      3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

      Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

      If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

      Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!

http://www.tenement.org/tours.html
Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month

June 1

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Interpreted Event

"Piecing It Together:
Immigrants in the Garment Industry"
Piecing It Together + Kitchen Conversations
(2 hour program)

Celebrate the 1897 birth of Max Levine in the apartment/garment shop run by his parents, Jennie and Harris from Poland . Then pay a shiva (bereavement) call to the Rogarshevsky family, mourning the loss of their father, Abraham, who worked as a presser in a garment factory until succumbing to tuberculosis in 1918.

Hear other immigrants as well - from Europe, Asia, Latin America and elsewhere - recall their lives in the garment industry from the 1930s to the present.

Please note: this tour is 1 hour long and suitable for children 8 years and older.

Following this tour, visitors can participate in a rare and exciting opportunity to explore common experiences and universal topics stemming from the Museum experience and to freely express, without judgment, opinions on pressing contemporary issues. In the informal atmosphere of the Museum's "Kitchen" space, a trained facilitator leads a dialogue that encourages visitors to examine and share diverse perspectives. 
1 hour long after your tour;
free with your tour ticket.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!

Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.

  • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

    To place a reservation:

    1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

    Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
    or TTY (212) 431-0714,

    Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

    2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

    Your contact number to confirm your reservation

    Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

    Tour date

    Credit card information:
    -Type of credit card
    -Name that appears on the card
    -The card's number
    -Expiration date

    ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
    OR


    3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

    Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

    If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

    Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!
Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month

March 2
1:00 pm
Interpreted Event
"Getting By:
Weathering the Great Depressions
of 1873 and 1929"
Length: 1 hr

In 1873 and 1929, severe economic depressions forced thousands of immigrant families to find creative ways to get by. Visit the homes of the German-Jewish Gumpertz family (l870s) and the Sicilian-Catholic Baldizzi family (1930s) and discover the spirited and imaginative means that these two families employed to make their way through hard times and to forge new lives for themselves in America. Discuss the development of social welfare in the United States, and compare the options that people had in the past to those that are available today.

Please note that this tour is 1 hour long and suitable for children 8 years and older.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!
Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.
  • Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

    Reservations strongly suggested!

    ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

    The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

    Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

    her service.

    Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
    voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
    or email signlanguage@tenement.org
    by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.

    • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

      To place a reservation:

      1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

      Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
      or TTY (212) 431-0714,

      Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

      2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

      Your contact number to confirm your reservation

      Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

      Tour date

      Credit card information:
      -Type of credit card
      -Name that appears on the card
      -The card's number
      -Expiration date

      ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
      OR


      3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

      Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

      If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

      Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!
Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month


September 7 @ 1:00 pm
Interpreted Event
"Lower East Side Stories:
Neighborhood Walking Tour"

Length: 1 hr. 30 min.

Stroll the Lower East Side and learn how different immigrant groups shaped, and continue to shape, the community. See the public spaces and the historic buildings that have been used by successive groups of immigrants who have settled on the Lower East Side.

ASL Interpreters:
TBA

In collaboration with local residents, the Tenement Museum has created a walking tour that looks at the neighborhood’s past and present, focusing on specific sites in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Please note: This tour does not go inside the tenement at 97 Orchard Street

This tour is suitable for children 8 years & older.

This tour is wheelchair accessible.

Length: Approx. 90 minutes long.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

 
To make a reservation for the monthly ASL interpreted tour,
please call Danielle Linzer, Education Coordinator at 212-431-0233 ext. 240 / TTY 212-431-0714
or send an e-mail to signlanguage@tenement.org.

All tours begin at 108 Orchard Street
The Visitors Center of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

For more information about future monthly ASL interpreted tours, please visit our website at http://www.tenement.org/tours.html.
  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!
Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.
  • Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

    • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

      To place a reservation:

      1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

      Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
      or TTY (212) 431-0714,

      Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

      2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

      Your contact number to confirm your reservation

      Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

      Tour date

      Credit card information:
      -Type of credit card
      -Name that appears on the card
      -The card's number
      -Expiration date

      ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
      OR

      3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

      Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

      If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

      Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!
LOWER EAST SIDE
TENEMENT MUSEUM
Interpreted Tour
on the
First Sunday
of the month
June 3
@ 1:00 pm
Interpreted Event

The Confino Living History
&
open captioned Film about
Immigrant Experiences
at the Visitors Center

This "living history" apartment is based on the Sephardic-Jewish Confino family from Kastoria, (once part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece).

A costumed interpreter plays teenage Victoria Confino circa 1916. She welcomes visitors as though they were newly arrived immigrants, teaching them how to adapt to America.

The Confino apartment is a hands-on experience: visitors can touch any items in the apartment, try on period clothing and fox trot to music played on an authentic wind-up Victrola.

Please note that this tour is 1 hour long
and suitable for children 5 years and older.

Tickets cost
$17 for adults
$13 for students/seniors

  • Tour begins at the Museum's Visitor Center at
    90 Orchard Street.
  • Watch the captioned video at the Visitor Center
    before or after your tour, complimentary with ticket purchase!

Reservations strongly suggested!

ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or

her service.

Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
or email signlanguage@tenement.org
by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.
  • Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

    Reservations strongly suggested!

    ATTENTION STUDENTS LEARNING ASL:

    The interpretation is dependant upon the needs of the tour group.

    Therefore, an interpreter will NOT sign if no one is in need of his or her service.

    Please call (TTY) 212-431-0714
    voice: (212) 431-0233, ext. 240
    or email signlanguage@tenement.org
    by 5:30 pm the Friday before the tour.

    • ASL interpreted tours are open to the general public and do sell out.

      To place a reservation:

      1. E-mail signlanguage@tenement.org or

      Call (212) 431-0233, ext. 223,
      or TTY (212) 431-0714,

      Please contact NO LATER THAN 9:00am on the Sunday before the tour

      2. When you have made contact from the above choices include:

      Your contact number to confirm your reservation

      Number of adult, student, and/or senior tickets you’d like to purchase

      Tour date

      Credit card information:
      -Type of credit card
      -Name that appears on the card
      -The card's number
      -Expiration date

      ATTENTION: A credit card is required to hold the reservation. It will only be charged if the reserved tickets are not picked up - it will not be charged in advance.
      OR


      3. If you would prefer not to use a credit card:

      Tickets can be held at 90 Orchard-the Vicitors' Center until 12:30pm

      If the tickets are not picked up by 12:30, they may be sold to other visitors.

      Please include your contact information so that we can confirm your reservation.

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!

http://www.tenement.org/tours.html

Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
ACCESS & CONTACT INFO

Interpreted LogoMONTHLY ASL INTERPRETED PUBLIC TOURS
The Tenement Museum offers regularly scheduled ASL interpreted tours the
first Sunday of each month. Please see below for ASL interpreted tours in the coming months! Advance reservations are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED! To make a reservation for the monthly ASL interpreted tour, please call Cindy VandenBosch, Education Coordinator at 212-431-0233 ext.240/ TTY 212-431-0714
or send an e-mail to signlanguage@tenement.org.

Please note: ASL interpretation will be provided only if there are visitors who need the service.

Interpreted LogoPUBLIC OR PRIVATE TOUR
Want to come on a tour of our tenement but can’t make it to the monthly ASL interpreted tour? The Tenement Museum also offers pre-arranged ASL interpreters for all of our public tours, as well as private group tours (at least five people must sign up). To make reservations in advance for an ASL interpreted tour, please contact Cindy VandenBosch, Education Coordinator at signlanguage@tenement.org.

Open Caption logoWATCH A VIDEO WITH OPEN CAPTIONING
AT OUR VISITORS CENTER
Once you pick up your tickets at the Visitors Center at 108 Orchard Street, relax as you wait for your tour by watching a video made by the History Channel for the Tenement Museum about the experiences of immigrants and migrants who have lived on the Lower East Side over time. This video plays with open captioning.

Assitive listeing devicesAVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR TOURS
For visitors who might have difficulty hearing, the Tenement Museum offers assistive listening devices to ensure that everybody can fully engage in the experience of our tours. Our easy-to-use portable listening systems transmit the sound of the educator’s voice to the visitor’s receiver via head sets or t-coil compatible neck loops. During your next visit to the Tenement Museum, don’t hesitate to use the assistive listening devices if you think they might help.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For general information about the Tenement Museum’s programs and events, please visit our website at http://www.tenement.org

For more information about the Tenement Museum ’s accessible programs, including touch tours and ASL-interpreted tours, please contact
Cindy VandenBosch, Education Coordinator:
VOICE: 212-431-0233, ext. 240
TTY: 212-431-0714
cvandenbosch@tenement.org
signlanguage@tenement.org

 

Directions: Subway
F to Delancey Street or J, M, or Z to Essex Street.

Walk two blocks away from the Williamsburg Bridge (west) to Orchard Street, turn left and walk one block south to Broome Street.

Visit www.tenement.org for more information!