Ellis Island
We went to Ellis Island on Saturday
10.10.2015. When our ferry arrived at the island I was very excited as I had
waited for this attraction particularly. In the museum we took the audio guides
which explained different things about the museum as we were exploring the
different sections in there.
We had two things to find from the
museum. Our first task was to find The Registry Room or also called the Great
Hall through which all of the immigrants were processed. It was not very hard
to find it as it was right in the middle of the museum and covers a quite big
part of the museum building. Second task was to find something Finnish. I found
a picture of a Lapp immigrant woman. It was very interesting to see a picture
of a Finnish immigrant as I hadn´t seen many of them before.
All in all I could have spent more
time in the museum especially in the section were there was told for instance
about the doctoral examination and psychological tests that all the immigrants
went through before getting a permission to stay in the United States. There
was also an interesting thing which was on the other hand was a bit chilling.
There were older telephones where you could hear approximately a hundred year
old recordings of the immigrants all around the world talking and telling
stories. It is unbelievable how well they have been preserved.
Ellis Island was definitely one the
most interesting attractions we visited since it carries so much value in the
heritage of a big part of New Yorkers. It is also the reason why New York is so
multicultural.
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