Museum Hopper

i went on to the ellis island museum as the last stop on the statue of liberty ellis island tour. i'd have to say this was probably the best part of the trip. the museum is surprisingly expansive. i think we almost missed the majority of the museum by not going upstairs. i didn't think it was clearly marked that there was more to the museum than the big exhibit (although not really enough to make a whole museum) on the first floor. the guts of the museum are in this offshoots on the main "welcoming hall" where the immigrants would go through, answer questions and were examined for health. you really have to walk far (past basically unmarked doors) to get to them. the guts of the museum is pretty cool. a quick summary of the different sections that i remember: a demographics section: who came from where and to where, when, why, how. who in terms of age, gender, race, ethnicity. i found my great grandfather (who got our last name changed at ellis island because he had ...

i went on the statue of liberty and ellis island tour with sam chan the last weekend he was in town. we were also joined by his wife, my roommate and two other male friends. so, a crew of 6 of us. we bought tickets about 2 weeks in advance. i would highly recommend this (especially on weekends) since we saved an estimated 1 (or more) hour in line. we purchased tickets from the internet . when figuring out logistics for our reservation, the website was very unhelpful. it is not very descriptive about where to go to get on the boat, when to get there, etc. if you want to go up into the statue of liberty, i'd recommend buying the tickets at least a month in advance. it doesn't cost extra, but only a limited number are available. we left from nyc and got off at the 4-5 bowling green stop. there were people dressed in statue of liberty costumes leading the way. our reservations were at noon, but i am not sure that the specific time really mattered. i think we could have shown...