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Visit the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island
Museum Hours:
Adults (18 & Over) $5.00
Senior $4.00
Child (5 & Under) Free
School groups (K-12) self guided tour fee is $3 per person
Tour the barracks where immigrants from around the world were detained. See historic Chinese poetry and other inscriptions written on the walls. Tour capacity is 5-40 people total. Tour length is about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Appropriate for 4th grade and up. It is about a 40 minute walk one way (1 1/2 miles) to this site from Ayala Cove (where the ferry lands). USIS guided tours usually start by a bell located by the water at USIS. Please check in with park staff at the USIS admissions desk located inside the main entrance (top of the long staircase) to the Immigration Station Barracks the day of your visit to verify where your tour will begin. Please note that without a reservation, tours are offered when staff are available.
Tour Schedule
Tours are available Monday - Sunday at 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:45 PM.
Groups of five persons or less can purchase tour tickets on a first come-first serve basis and may be purchased at the Immigration Station. Tours are not recommended for children under 12.
Reservations can be made up to six months ahead and no less than two weeks in advance. Groups must be between 5 and 30 people to make a reservation. (School Groups have a maximum of 40 people per tour.)
Tour Fees
Senior $6.00
Child (5 & Under) Free
School groups (K-12) self guided tour fee is $3 per person
IMMIGRATION STATION RANGER TALKS (lasting approximately 15 – 20 minutes)
Talks will be offered to the public at no cost within the Immigration Station grounds throughout the day on both Saturday and Sunday. Please check in with park staff at the Immigration Station the day of your visit for more information on these talks.
FERRY FEES
Ferry fees are not included in tour costs and are paid separately to the ferry company of your choosing. Please note ferry schedule departure and arrival times. For an updated ferry schedule, please contact the ferry companies directly.
If you are a (K-12) school group you may be eligible for a reduced ferry ticket price. Please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to inquire about your groups eligibility.
Many of the facilities at the Angel Island United States Immigration Station are ADA accessible. Please contact the park office for additional information (415)-435-5390.
To inquire about available scholarships for visiting AIUSIS, please contact the Angel Island Conservancy.
ACCESSIBILITY
Just about everything at the immigration station (IS) is accessible now, though the grounds are steep so it's ideal if someone who uses a wheelchair can get assistance in the hillier sections of the immigration station. The ferries have ramps and crews from SF or Tiburon can make sure you can get on and off the ferry. Once on the island, the shuttle has wheelchair accessibility (check with the Angel Island Company to confirm). Visitors who wish to walk but don't want to take the stairs up the hill from the ferry dock can take the long way to the immigration station, walking up the road past the Visitors Center before turning left on the main road. It is steeper than a wheelchair ramp, so take this route only if you have someone to push you up the steeper parts. This adds about 1/2 a mile to the shorter but inaccessible walk up the stairs near Ayala Cove.
There are ramps throughout the exterior of the immigration station, which allow access to the different parts of the site, and there is a lift that allows one to get into the historic barracks. Inside, there is an elevator so there is easy access to both floors of the building. Only certain areas like the historic bathrooms in the building are inaccessible. The exterior bathrooms that are open to the public are ADA accessible.
