STATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND

The american family immigration history center (afihc) at ellis island welcomes tens of thousands of visitors annually. Foundation staff operate the family history center, welcoming visitors to search for their family's records. The foundation's 65-million-record electronic database contains the arrival records of immigrants, passengers, and crew members who entered the united states through the port of new york/ellis island between 1820-1957. The database, which is managed by the foundation, is also available for free at www.libertyellisfoundation.org. Revenues are generated by reservation fees for terminals at the center, as well as sales from historical documents and other mission-related products on the web and at the center.

Public awareness, education, and programming: the foundation seeks to inform external audiences about the statue of liberty, ellis island, and the foundation's mission and initiatives. The foundation works closely with the national park service on media relations and is active on social media on facebook, youtube, x, instagram, youtube, and linkedin. The foundation curates and develops virtual experiences that ensure our ability to continue cultivating new audiences while also providing free educational content to benefit teachers, students, and the general public. Materials include informative videos about the ellis island immigrant experience, family history research tools, tips for capturing oral histories, ar and vr experiences, and more. Enlisting subject-area experts from our own staff, history advisory committee, and partner organizations, the foundation hosts educational presentations (in person and virtual) relevant to the monuments' histories and immigrant experiences. The foundation partners for select programming, such as with earthcam to provide views of lady liberty and liberty island.

Liberty museum care: to support the national park service, foundation staff manage interactive museum exhibits and technology, including the immersive theater with three enormous screens, the popular interactive becoming liberty exhibit, and the liberty star video terminals.

Ellis exhibit care: to support the national park service, foundation staff manage interactive museum exhibits and technology to enrich the visitor experience at the ellis island museum, including interactive exhibits, a/v, and touchscreens.

Ellis wall of honor expansion: for more than 30 years, the american immigrant wall of honor has been a unique and lasting monument celebrating countless immigrant stories. Virtually every nationality from every inhabited continent can be found on the wall of honor, alongside those who endured forced migration from slavery and our land's earliest settlers. In response to continued interest in the wall of honor, the foundation expanded the monument to add space for many more individuals and families to commemorate their family's immigrant history.