Join us for a guided tour of the restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, a journey through the history of New York City & the Lower East Side's Jewish immigrant community.
Take A Guided Tour of the Eldridge Street Synagogue
 
Hours & Admissions for Synagogue Tours
Bring your group for a memorable museum experience combining awe-inspiring architecture, immigrant history and Jewish culture. Explore the history of the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue, the first grand house of worship built by Eastern European Jews in America. Learn about the Jewish immigrant community, their challenges, choices and adaptations. Explore the Lower East Side, home to generations of immigrants. Discover the exuberant architecture and design of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, and the story of the building’s dramatic rescue and restoration.

Museum tours are available Sunday through Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm. Reservations are required for a group of 10 or more. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for college students and seniors, and $6 for children ages 5-18.

For more information or to book a tour, call our Visitor Services department at 212.219.0302 x 5.

Traveling Landmark
Can’t visit? Let us come to you! A museum docent will visit your space and bring the Eldridge Street story to you. An accompanying slideshow illustrates the inspiring narrative of our landmark synagogue with historic and contemporary photographs. The Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow requires a working computer and projector or large screen monitor to be provided by your organization. The presentation lasts one hour, plus time for questions.

Traveling Landmark is available throughout the tri-state area, and in Florida, Chicago and Los Angeles. For more information and fee for our Traveling Landmark, call (212) 219-0888 x207 or email ncohen@eldridgestreet.org.

Tours
Take to the streets on one of our unique Lower East Side walking tours. Select from the menu below or let us create a tour tailored to your needs and interests. Available by appointment for groups of 10 or more.

Walking tours are available Sunday through Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm. Walking tour tickets: $15 per person; $20 in combination with a tour of the Museum.

Jewish Lower East Side Follow in their foosteps. Once home to the largest Jewish population in the world, the Lower East Side still bears traces of Jewish life from the turn of the last century. Visit synagogues, Yiddish newspaper buildings, socialist hot spots and the best pickle shop in New York.

Love & Courtship Love is in the air. Before eHarmony and JDate, there were love letters and elaborate courtship rituals. Discover romance turn-of-the-century style as we visit the sites of former dance halls, cafes, synagogues and other places where sparks once flew.

Sacred Sites Find sanctuary in the city. Visit synagogues, churches and temples encompassing 200 years of religious life in America, from early structures built by wealthy English landowners to houses of worship encompassing the Jewish, African American, Italian, Hispanic and Chinese immigrant experience.

Stoop, Synagogue, Soapbox Get ready to rumble. Enter the ring of the early 20th-century Lower East Side politics, when pious Jews, secular firebrands, capitalist businessmen and impoverished peddlers faced of in the crowded work spaces, residences and cafés of this densely populated area.

Gangster, Writer, Rabbi Join the entourage. Gangster Big Jack Zelig, writer Sholem Aleichem and Rabbi Jacob Joseph all lived and died on the Lower East Side, and all three attracted thousands to their funeral processions. Follow the path of these solemn marches, and learn about the political, cultural and religious legacies of these larger-than-life figures.

Five Points in America The roots of the community that would one day build the Eldridge Street Synagogue lie in the former Five Points area and today's Chinatown. Stroll the streets of these historic areas, discovering traces of the Jewish immigrant experience at every turn. Visit former synagogues, an early collect pond, and a cemetery in bustling Chatham Square.

Walking Tours: $15 per person
Walking Tour/Museum Tour combo: $20 per person
 
groups
Planning a visit for 10 or more people? Book a tour with us! The Museum at Eldridge Street welcomes groups of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

All Students
Please visit our School Programs page for more information.

Admissions for Groups
Adults: $10 per person
Students & Seniors (62+): $8 per person
Children (5-18): $6 per person
Family Tours: $15 per family

Advance Reservations
To ensure the quality of your visit, we require reservations for groups. Submitting this form is not a confirmation of your reservation. Upon receipt of the application, we will contact you to either confirm or reschedule your tour.

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Immigrant History - Standard Tour
Ways We Worship - Jewish Practice & Ritual
Beyond the Facade - Architecture & Historic Preservation
Lower East Side Walking Tour

3. Scheduling
Tours last 60 minutes and can take place Sundays to Thursday between the hours of 10am & 4pm. All tours must be booked at least 3 weeks in advance.

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