The massive project to modernize the historic immigration museum comes as political tensions over immigration are rising.

About 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island until it was shuttered 70 years ago in 1954. Among them were Isaac Asimov, Abe Beame, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and ...

Ellis Island's Baggage and Dormitory Building hosted detained immigrants. ... Though the National Park Service replaced the building’s roof and interior, it is not open to the public.

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. CNN values your feedback 1.

That Ellis Island was not bulldozed was only because Congress never allocated enough money to do any large-scale project. In 1970, seeking to curry favor with Black voters and aid the cause of ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. CNN values your feedback 1.

Unfortunately, preservation of Ellis Island Hospital, a remarkable 725-bed institution on the south side, took a distant third place after the statute and immigration hall.