On September 20, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum celebrated the completion of its Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center with a naturalization ceremony for eighteen immigrants. Funding for the project was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council and the Office of the Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and many other generous individual donors and foundation. The Center is located at 103 Orchard Street across from the current Visitor Center and Museum Shop.
The newly renovated space features 10,000 additional square feet of operating space, “smart” classrooms, a demonstration kitchen, a theater space screening a new film about the Museum and the neighborhood, and a learning gallery featuring temporary exhibits.
Images from the event are available on the Tenement Museum blog.
The Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center will open later this month.
(From the Lower East Side Tenement Museum)