School Trips to New York City

Ellis Island is visited on the same tour as the Statue of Liberty. Ellis Island was the main arrivals point for immigrants arriving in the USA, mainly from Europe and Russia, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was the largest human migration in history where over 26 million people came to make a new life. The Immigration Museum records the important role this island had in the processing of these new Americans.

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous American icons. A gift from France, it was meant to symbolise the political freedom and democracy which had be won during the Civil War. You take the ferry to Liberty Island where you can visit the statue pedestal and explore the Museum. You then continue to Ellis Island where the Immigration Museum records the important role this island had in the processing most of the immigrants to the USA during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum is located at Ground Zero and is built into the original foundations of the Twin Towers. The museum documents the events of September 11, 2001 using artefacts from the towers and rescue services, as well as personal testimony, both written and recorded.

White you're in New York, be sure to take in the excitement of spending an evening at a Broadway Show. Tickets are available at a range of prices and shows will vary from season to season so please contact us for the best pricing and availability

The skyline view of New York from Brooklyn Bridge Park is unforgettable, and after taking photos you can walk the pedestrian walkway across the bridge and back into Lower Manhattan. This is a boardwalk which runs above the traffic and so there is no traffic to worry about. Spend your time on this and savour the views which are probably at their best as evening approaches and the sun begins to set.

Along with the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building is one of those iconic New York landmarks that should be included in any tour of the city. Completed in 1930 it was until 1970 the highest building in the World until the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre surpassed it. The building is famous for its art deco styling and the 86th floor Observation Deck has been the scene of many Hollywood Movies.

Housed in the iconic Frank Lloyd-Wright building, the museum grew out of the art-collecting of its patron and founder Solomon Guggenheim who was heir to a vast mining fortune. The vast atrium and ramp allow each of the six floors to flow into each other. The museum houses a collection of Kandinsky as well as works by surrealists and cubists such as Picasso, Paul Klee and Joan Miro. There are also exhibitions of many contemporary artists and photographers such as Robert Mablethorpe.