04/23/2012
05:08 AM
A museum worth visiting
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was our first visit to the museum. Allow 3 hours to really explore it. We were captivated the entire time. Through your exploration, you will move from Judaism and its traditions, through...
04/14/2012
06:04 PM
Conflicted Museum
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars
This museum on the very edge of Manhattan, balances a visit to this area perfectly. Walk around Battery Park, then go here for let's say 2.5 hours max. The name of this museum: Museum of Jewish...
04/12/2012
06:27 AM
Will Take 2-3 Hours to Go Through this Holocaust Museum
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars
But it is well worth the time spent. What my daughter & I especially enjoyed were the many short video interviews with people who had been through the Holocaust and we could see them and listen to...
03/27/2012
04:42 PM
Very informative
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars
My children, ages 11, 13 are learning about the Holocaust.This museum was very informative and moving. It really made an impact on both of my children, including myself. We spent approx. 2 1/2 hrs...
03/21/2012
06:48 PM
Needs some attention- but has potential
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 2 of 5 stars
Let me start off & say that the museum's display's are excellent & worthy of five stars. Architecuratlly - the building is fantastic & the lay out is impressive. The expansive collection of Holocaust...
03/02/2012
09:13 PM
He was Jewish???
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've seen five or six exhibits there, always to have to discover the "connection" between the person and the museum. Did I know that great photographer Man Ray was Jewish? NO ...but an absolutely...
02/21/2012
10:42 AM
Great Museum
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
I spent 2 hours at this museum on a Sunday afternoon. Allow yourself a good chunk of time as there is a lot to look at and read, and quite a few videos to watch.
Brilliant setup, and museum is easy...
01/14/2012
06:51 AM
Best Jewish museum I have ever seen
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
I went to this Museum the first time I went to NY, in 2002. Since we got there very late, we had less than 1 hour to visit it. In my second visit to NY I decided that we had to get back there, and we...
01/07/2012
10:36 AM
Beautiful Museum
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
This museum is wonderfully constructed and its permanent exhibit is excellent. The food in the cafe is great and the museum is easy to navigate even with little kids, although some of the exhibits on...
01/05/2012
06:13 PM
A wonderful homage to the Jewish influence in America
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
Beautifully built, wonderfully displayed, curatorially excellent.