ABSTRACT
Ellis Island Immigration Museum is located on a small island in New York harbour between the iconic Statue of Liberty and the omnipotent skyscrapers of Manhattan’s financial district. Formerly the buildings on Ellis Island were used as a federal immigration station as well as a detention and deportation facility. Between the years 1892 and 1924 over 12 million people passed through the buildings on Ellis Island (Moreno 2001) on their way to a new life in a new land.
