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Can tourists visit Ellis Island?

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Now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument (see Liberty, Statue of ), the island was opened to tourists in 1976. In 1990 an immigration museum was opened, and many records of immigrant arrivals have been computerized and are available there and on line.

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