Historic environment and heritage management projects, resources, commentary and analysis by Professors Ian Baxter (Heriot-Watt University) & David Gill (Kent/UEA)
The luggage in the hall of Ellis Island is a poignant reminder of approximately 12 million migrants who passed through this entry point for the United States in the hope of a better life. It contains the National Museum of Immigration as part of the National Park.
David Gill is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History and an Academic Associate in SISJAC at UEA; Professor of Archaeological Heritage.
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Found Ellis Island a hugely moving experience, especially combined with a visit the same day to the Lower East Side’s ‘Tenement Museum’ . Both celebrating migration into the US.
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Found Ellis Island a hugely moving experience, especially combined with a visit the same day to the Lower East Side’s ‘Tenement Museum’ . Both celebrating migration into the US.