To get to Ellis Island, visitors must take a ferry from either Battery Park in Manhattan or Liberty State Park in New Jersey. Statue Cruises operates the ferry service.

In November of 1954, the last remaining detainee on Ellis Island, a Norwegian merchant seaman named Arne Peterssen, was released and Ellis Island was officially closed by the U.S. …

At the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration and on the Foundation’s website you can explore your family heritage by searching nearly 65 million passenger records and ship …

Statue of Liberty An icon. A symbol. A promise. Ellis Island The dream. The journey. The arrival. Foundation A commitment. A community. An organization.

Constantly evolving, the Museum doesn’t end with tales of Ellis Island and its golden doors – it also highlights immigration before and after the Ellis era.

Since the 1980s, the nonprofit Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation has partnered with the National Park Service to restore and preserve the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Millions voyaged across the sea, arriving at Ellis Island, America’s first federal immigration station, on their way to a new life. Learn about their experiences through a series of videos produced …

The American Immigrant Wall of Honor, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, commemorates the immigrant experience and is one of the only places in the United States …

Explore our Passenger Search to find your connection to Ellis Island. Get a first hand sense of the road that brought you here, and find your place in the larger story of American immigration.

This interactive camera (zoom and pan capabilities) offers spectacular LIVE panoramic views of New York Harbor, the Hudson River, historic Ellis Island, New Jersey, and the NYC skyline.