New York 's Ellis Island hospital complex is now open to the public for tours . Immigrants were stopped at the hospital and checked for disease between 1902 and 1930 . The museum was built in 1936, but it has been closed since 1993 because of a lack of funding. JR has taken original photographs of the patients and doctors that walked its corridors , enlarging them to life-size and pasting them on the crumbling walls , windows and doors . The complex is a mix of hope and pain , the gateway to a new life and world .
New York 's Ellis Island hospital complex is now open to the public for tours . Immigrants were stopped at the hospital and checked for disease between 1902 and 1930 . The museum was built in 1936, but it has been closed since 1993 because of a lack of funding. The complex is a mix of hope and pain , the gateway to a new life and world .