The Ellis Island Museum Is Revitalizing the Story of American Immigration A $100 million renovation will help preserve the history of the millions of immigrants who ...

Ellis Island was converted into an immigrant-processing center in 1892, following an 1891 law that gave the federal government control of immigration, previously in the hands of individual states.

Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in human history.

Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in human history.

Jackie Schalk, Director of the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island, shares stories about "The Island of Hope, Island of Tears." How far would you travel to find a better ...

Next month, it will reopen as a museum honoring the history of Cuban exiles with immersive, state-of-the-art exhibits that explore the meaning of migration, freedom and homeland. The reopening of what ...

Gain exclusive access to the abandoned and off-limits hospital complex on Ellis Island and see all 26 pieces of JR's site-specific art installation on this special tour!

If you’re departing from the New York side, you’ll hop on a Statue City Cruises ferry at Battery Park in lower Manhattan. If ...

Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in human history.