点评:For me, Ellis Island is a must-see for anyone interested in social history. I just really wish there was another way to get there which wasn't via the awful Statue Cruises experience and wasn't lumped in with a visit to Liberty Island. However, it is worth enduring the lengthy queues and aggressive security to see the place where so many thousands of people first entered New York between the 1880s and 1920s. There are actually lots of buildings on the island although only the main building is open to visitors. I spent over five hours here and could easily have spent longer. I was one of the first people into the building in the morning so managed to see the beautiful registry hall completely empty. The displays explaining the process of medical and legal checks the immigrants would have endured were so interesting and moving. Other displays look at the countries where immigrants came from and their reasons for leaving, and attitudes to immigration over the years. Some very interesting anti-immigration cartoons from various points throughout history. On the top floor there is a display about the history of Ellis Island itself, showing the growth of the island and its various uses and when all the buildings were added, and another exhibition shows artefacts from some specific families who entered through Ellis Island. I also really enjoyed seeing some photographs taken of Ellis Island when it was derelict in the 1980s - I wished there were more of those. So eerie and atmospheric. There are also some exhibitions about pre-Ellis Island immigration and about immigration up to the present day. I had to skip these because my brain was full but they looked interesting!
翻译:对我来说,埃利斯岛是任何对社会历史感兴趣的人必去的地方。我真的希望有另一种方式可以到达那里,而不是通过可怕的雕像游轮体验,也不会与参观自由岛混在一起。然而,为了参观 1880 年代至 1920 年代成千上万的人首次进入纽约的地方,忍受漫长的排队和严格的安全检查还是值得的。岛上其实有很多建筑物,但只有主楼对游客开放。我在这里呆了五个多小时,而且很容易呆更长的时间。我是早上第一批进入大楼的人之一,所以我设法看到美丽的登记大厅完全空了。这些展示解释了移民将要经历的医疗和法律检查的过程,非常有趣和感人。其他展览着眼于移民来自的国家、他们离开的原因,以及多年来对移民的态度。历史上各个时期的一些非常有趣的反移民漫画。顶层有一个关于埃利斯岛本身历史的展览,展示了该岛的成长及其各种用途以及所有建筑物何时添加的,另一个展览展示了通过埃利斯岛进入的一些特定家庭的手工艺品。我也很喜欢看 20 世纪 80 年代埃利斯岛废弃时拍摄的一些照片 - 我希望能有更多这样的照片。如此诡异和大气。还有一些关于埃利斯岛之前的移民和至今的移民的展览。我不得不跳过这些,因为我的大脑已经满了,但它们看起来很有趣!