Announcing: The Lazaretto Self-Guided Audio Tour!
Join us on a journey through time, highlighting the Lazaretto greatest moments and darkest secrets. Visit the Lazaretto today to take the tour!
Welcome to the Lazaretto, the oldest surviving quarantine station in the Western Hemisphere and one of the ten oldest in the world. Built beginning in 1799 after a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics, the Lazaretto on Tinicum Island protected Philadelphia from imported epidemics from 1801 to 1895. Discover the many layers of suffering, tragedy, hope, and survival embedded in this most unusual historic site.