The park is administered by staff of the National Park Service and the United States Park Police. A park superintendent assumes overall responsibility for park operations, resource protection and visitor services.
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Ellis Island is not its own National Park site. It was added to the National Park system in May of 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and was opened to the public as a museum of immigration in 1990.