Ferry Building Tour September 28, 2012

This free one hour program is conducted in the building reopened in 2007 after ungoing an enormous restoration. The exhibit entitled 'Future In Balance: Immigration, Public Health and the Ellis Island Hospitals' chronicles the story of the United States Public Health Service, its employees and immigrants treated for a variety of illnesses. Visitors must sign up for the program as spaced is limited. For additional information call Save Ellis Island, the National Park Service partner entrusted for the rehabilitation and reuse of the unrestored hospitals at 973-347-8400 ext 17.