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Lost & Found Music Series

The Museum at Eldridge Street’s Lost & Found Music Series extends our preservation mission, presenting Jewish musical forms that are at risk of disappearing. This fall, we present works that are inspired by and reinterpret the Golden Age of Cantorial Music to mark the 125th anniversary of the Eldridge Street Synagogue.

The Morris Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence Program

The Museum’s Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Regina Stein is an engaging instructor of Jewish history and culture. Dr. Stein also teaches at the Skirball Program for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El, the Context Program of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and other New York area synagogues and institutions.

The Museum at Eldridge Street’s Adult Learning program is funded, in part, by the Alice Lawrence Foundation.

Eldridge Street After Hours

Meet new friends and enjoy a drink at the Museum’s new monthly gathering for people in their 20s and 30s. Our historic venue provides a magnificent and meaningful place to share with your friends, family and significant others. Eldridge Street After Hours take place on the third Thursday of each month.

Preservation Detectives Family Program

Binoculars? Check. Notepads? Check. Magnifying glasses? Check. Preservation Detectives, grab your tools and prepare for adventure. Step into a world filled with color, stories, and secrets. Climb stairs, count stars, open doors, even peek inside these 125 year old walls. Each month features a different theme, art project, and a new discovery.

Building & Rebuilding Architecture Series

Talks, open houses and walking tours explore the art, architecture and preservation of the Eldridge Street Synagogue and New York City’s built environment.

Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival

Our annual block party, taking place every June, is a joyous cross-cultural celebration paying homage to the Jewish and Chinese communities of our neighborhood. Enjoy music, food, folk art demos and crafts, including klezmer and cantorial music, Chinese opera, Yiddish and Chinese lessons, mah jongg, scribal arts and more.

June

August

Sunday, August 5 • 11am

Lower East Side Nosh and Stroll

Eat your way through history on this delicious neighborhood walking tour. 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, socialists hot spots and more while sampling treats from local vendors, including the best pickle shop in New York City.

$25 adults; $18 students and seniors

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Sunday, August 12 • 11am

Preservation Detectives

Binoculars? Check. Notepads? Check. Magnifying glasses? Check. Preservation Detectives, grab your tools and prepare for adventure! Step into a world filled with color and stories and secrets. Climb stairs, count stars, open doors, even peek inside these 125 year old walls. (You won't believe what you'll see!) Each month our Preservation Detectives family program features a different theme, a special art project, and a new discovery.

$15 per family; Recommended for children ages 5-10

Part of the Museum’s Preservation Detectives Program for Families

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Thursday • August 16 • Ongoing 6:30 to 8:30pm

Eldridge Street After Hours: Get Crafty

Eldridge Street After Hours in August is an evening of crafty goodness featuring craft beer and crafting projects; including window rubbings, sketching & collage materials, and DogFish Head, Magic Hat & Brooklyn Brewery. Stop by after work for drinks, snacks and crayons.

Eldridge Street After Hours (ESAH) is a monthly Happy Hour for people in their 20s and 30s on the third Thursday of each month. The Museum at Eldridge Street, located in the historic 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue, provides a magnificent venue to share with your friends, family and significant others.

Cost including two drinks: $10 per person, $5 for Facebook fans

Part of the Museum’s Eldridge Street After Hours

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Special Thanks

Fall 2012 institutional program funding has been provided, in part, by ARK Restaurants Corporation, Bank Hapoalim, David Berg Foundation, Bloomberg, The Broad Foundations, Charles Cohn Foundation, Inc., Elias A. Cohen Foundation, Edouard Foundation, FAR, Frank Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, David Geffen Foundation, Morris and Arlene Goldfarb Family Foundation Inc., HBO, HUB International Northeast Limited, Manhattan Borough President's Office, New York City Councilwoman for District 1, The Honorable Margaret Chin, Marc Haas Foundation, Eugene Lang Foundation, Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Department for the Aging, New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts, Newmark Knight Frank, NYC & Co. Foundation, Olmstead Properties, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc., Leo Rosner Foundation, M. Schamroth & Sons, Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation, Inc., Sun Hill Foundation, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and Valley National Bank.

Spring 2013 institutional program funding has been provided, in part, by the 180 Varick Street Corporation, David Berg Foundation, Bloomberg, Brenner Family Foundation, The Broad Foundations, Charles Cohn Foundation, Inc., Elias A. Cohen Foundation, Edouard Foundation, Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation, Epstein Teicher Philanthropies Foundation, FAR Foundation, Frank Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, David Geffen Foundation, Morris and Arlene Goldfarb Family Foundation Inc., Marc Haas Foundation, Institute for Museum and Library Services, Eugene Lang Foundation, Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, Marta Jo Lawrence Charitable Trust, The Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation, The Loeb Family – Third Point Foundation, Manhattan Borough President's Office (The Honorable Scott Stringer), Y. H. Mir5zoeff & Sons Foundation, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Councilwoman for District 1 (The Honorable Margaret Chin), New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Department for the Aging, New York City Gives, New York State Council on the Arts, Newmark Knight Frank, NYC & Co. Foundation, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc., Leo Rosner Foundation, Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc., Sun Hill Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Lise & Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation in honor of Jerry and Emily Spiegel, The Zankel Fund, Valley National Bank, Anonymous.

Special thanks for funding for our Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival: National Endowment for the Arts, Manhattan Borough President's Office (The Honorable Scott Stringer), New York City Councilwoman for District 1 (The Honorable Margaret Chin), and New York State Council on the Arts.