Museum at Eldridge Street
10 expert reviews
“Meticulously restored over the last 20 years, this beloved Moorish Revival landmark on the Lower East Side spans three centuries of New York City architecture and history.”
– Travel + Leisure
Fodor's
"The synagogue can be viewed as part of an hour-long tour, which begins at the small museum downstairs where interactive "touch tables" teach all ages about Eldridge Street." Full review
Time Out
"The first grand synagogue on the Lower East Side is now surrounded by dumpling shops and Chinese herb stores, but rewind about a century and you’d find delis and mikvot." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"The Eldridge Street Synagogue... reopened as the Museum at Eldridge Street." Full review
Not For Tourists
"The first large-scale building by Eastern Euro immigrants in NY."
Where
"Located in the restored national historic landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue, the museum presents the culture, history and traditions of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side." Full review
Atlas Obscura
"America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary. " Full review
Afar Magazine
"A museum housed inside an old Jewish synagogue in Manhattan's Chinatown.By
Sarah Purkrabek
, AFAR Contributor." Full review
Frommer's
"An 1887 synagogue, the oldest house of worship in the city for Eastern European Jews." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This landmarked house of worship, built in 1887, was once the center of Jewish life, before falling into squalor in the 1920s." Full review