The Lower East Side Tenement Museum showcases the immigrant experience. Roughly 7000 people from 20 countries lived at 97 Orchard Street between 1863 and 1935. Visit the restored homes of immigrant families. Listen to engaging family stories of hard work and perilous ship journeys. See Manhattan's Lower East Side through the eyes of its newly arrived. View primitive bathrooms. Climb windowless staircases. Imagine life in a three-room flat without indoor toilets, running water, or gas for heat and light. Learn about poverty and overcrowding. Find out how changes to the housing code improved the life of the poor. Discover how the word tenement came to mean a run-down and overcrowded apartment house.