Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) History Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) Conservation and restoration Text "accompanies a major photographic exhibition ... and will be ...

On Sept. 18, 1956, an ad in The Wall Street Journal attracted considerable attention. The federal General Services Administration announced that it was “now authorized to offer one of the most famous ...

Teenaged filmmakers row out to Ellis Island in 1974, then return 50 years later. As teenagers in 1974 Phil Buehler and Steve Siegel rowed out to explore the ruins of Ellis Island. They made a film, ...

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is undergoing a $100 million renovation, which will include new exhibits and accessibility upgrades. The island was used to process more than 12 million ...

When we genealogists think of immigration through New York City, which was the gateway for millions of our American ancestors, we tend to envision the huge facility Ellis Island, now a museum and ...

The US has seen its largest surge in immigration in its history under the Biden Administration — surpassing the Ellis Island-era migration boom that changed the face of the nation forever, according ...

This limited-run tour, with available dates from October through December, provides a rare opportunity to see a fading masterpiece. JR’s wheat-pasted photographs were not meant to be permanent. There ...

NMAHMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today it stands alongside Plymouth Rock ...

It’s a myth that America has always welcomed immigrants with open arms and big hearts. As the lunatics were taking over the debate about the U.S. responsibility toward Syrian refugees, I was reminded ...