Museum at Eldridge Street

The casual street observer might mistake this as an older church, not knowing what treasures are inside. The interior is a testament to New York City's ever-changing & layered history, the museum raised twenty million dollars over a twenty year period & the resulting restoration is highly impressive! Our tour guide Rachel was incredibly informative and engaging, tours are offered at various times and the museum is open on Sundays. People might think only religion-based programming is available. That is not the case! There often speakers & events covering a wide variety of topics and musical genres. The Museum at Eldridge Street is a part of a very unique block party celebration: the Eggcream & Eggroll celebration.

Really cool museum totally worth the admission price.

Beautifully restored old shul!

We liked the way it is preserved. We come from Cochin, Kerala, India... There is also Jewish synagogue. So we became interested. The colour stained glasses, numbered seating arrangement lighting etc are kept intact.

I took my 1st and 2nd grade class here on a trip about 'NYC Over Time'. Judy was AMAZING and my kids were engaged and enthusiastic the entire 1 1/2 hour program. I cannot express how awesome and interactive this program. Kids created a visual timeline with photographs, became detectives with clues and clipboards and great, applicable worksheets, and then ended with an art project. Judy had fantastic management and even came to the school to do a pre-lesson to prepare the students for the trip. This may have been one of the best trips in my 6 years as an educator. Kudos!!