jewish museum of maryland

We had a wonderful afternoon learning about the early history of Baltimore and how the Jewish community helped it to grow.

The current exhibit on Mendes Cohen is excellent and offers a glimpse at an aspect of Jewish life little know to those of us who are not Jewish history scholars.

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is a hidden gem. It combines historic structures, nicely restored, with great exhibits which are relevant to not only Jewish history in Maryland, but a much wider audience. The staff is friendly and helpful. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

The museum is not large but is very interesting. There is an old deli a block away and its nice stop also. I would recommend anyone to see this very nice place and the staff was very helpful and friendly also.

This is an awesome museum. 2nd oldest synagogue in America! Great exhibits all the time. Of interest to all, Jewish or not.

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is one of Baltimore's hidden gems. Anyone interested in religious, urban or American history should be sure to visit. Two beautifully preserved historic synagogues and a small museum with two exhibit galleries make a visit worthwhile.

We were pleasantly surprised to receive a very knowledgeable docent tour of the Lloyd Street Synagogue and B'nai Israel, right next door. The history and architecture are really interesting, and the museum, with only two exhibit areas, does an excellent job on presentation. The gift shop has a lovely variety of items in all price ranges. Definitely worth a visit!

Nice, small museum with changing special exhibits in addition to permanent exhibits. Lovely gift shop. Be sure to visit ancient mikveh next door. We ate at Attman's Deli when finished at the Jewish Museum and were not disappointed...long line, though. Check it out.

I have been to the Jewish Museum of MD on many occassions and have always found the exhibits there to be interesting and enjoyable. It may not be the biggest museum around (it has 2 exhibit halls / rooms), but they do a great job with what they have. Also, they have something most museums don't - 2 wonderful historic synagogues flank each side of the Museum. Don't forget to include those in your visit!

We took the guided tour which lasted over a hour. We learned about the Jewish immigrants to Baltimore in the early and mid 1800's. We were able to go inside the 2 Synagogues and learned about their unique history.

One of the best Jewish Museums of Art and Culture in the world. Love the different exhibits, even the store is a hidden gem. What more can I say! Visit when in Baltimore!

We really enjoyed visiting thisMuseum. We had our young grandson with us so we only visited the special exhibit on the Civil War but thought it was excellent and were very glad we made the effort to go and will go again to see the rest of the museum.

We've enjoyed the Jewish Museum when we have visited - a great chronology of Jewish history particularly in Baltimore. Well worth a visit.

We went to this museum because my wife was interested in an exhibit on maj jong which was closing in a few days. They had that and much more--an hour long informative tour took us into two wonderful old synagogues. One in Greek Revival style, the Lloyd St. Synagogue, was built in 1845 and has the original stained glass windows--on the lower level, there is a mikvah (ceremonial bath) and matzoh oven, both built in 1905. There are also exhibits on Judiasm and the synagogue. The other nearby synagogue, B'nai Israel, which stilll has services, was built in 1876 and was known as the Russion Shul. It has a beautiful classic interior.The museum, which is between the two synagogues, has a few galleries for exhibits. One was about the history of Jews in the East Lombard St, area of Baltimore from the mid 1800s to the 1920s was very interesting and informative--pictures, artifacts, displays. One old sign from Attman's deli, where we went for lunch nearby, advertised corn beef sandwiches for 25 cents!! The entrance fee is $8 for adults and $6 for seniors. There is street parking on Lloyd St. in front of the museum which is free for 2 hours. There is metered parking on the other streets nearby.

We saw the intact interiors of two old and elegant synagogues (one is the 3rd oldest in the United States), and the guide conveyed the history of these places - which is complex, fascinating, and a great window into the history of Jews in America more generally - by way of lively monologues in the voice of two 19th-century rabbis. The synagogues are beautiful, and we learned a lot.