Nearly 40% of Americans can connect their family history to Ellis Island, which served as the gateway to the country for more than sixty years. Experience Ellis Island the way more than 12 million immigrants did, as they endured what was the nation’s busiest immigration station in pursuit of the American dream.
Discover the amazing story behind one of America’s most beloved and iconic landmarks -- The Statue of Liberty. Watch how the statue was painstakingly built from the time that she was conceived by a lofty French artist, through the various stages of miraculous engineering required before it was finally ready to greet the world.