Virtual Tour of the Ellis Island Museum

Welcome to the First Floor!

Key :

1 = Baggage Room

2 = Peopling of America Exhibit

1. The Baggage Room
When you first come through the front door of the museum, you are standing in the baggage room. In these pictures you can see the kinds of baggage immigrants used to bring their possessions. In the background of some of the pictures are photographs of immigrants arriving on Ellis Island.

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2. Peopling of America Exhibit
These pictures are all pictures of graphs showing the number of people who came to America, and what years they came in.

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Follow this link to the Second Floor.