It was well worth it, even worth the crazily long queues and the sore feet. It was one of those few museums that didn’t present a mythical glorius past to celebrate patriotism. They actually told you what they thought it was like for immigrants going through Ellis Island.

2 warnings – 1 – the food is crap, eat beforehand
2 – i don’t think there’s any way around the crappy queues so just get over it and read a book or use your ipod or meet some nice young french man in the queue to kill the time