Museum of Jewish Culture

Judaica, a recreated synagogue interior and a Holocaust memorial hall in one of the last surviving houses of Bratislava's Jewish quarter.

Židovská 297/17, Bratislava
Opening hours Today: Closed
Partly wheelchair accessible

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Why visit

The Museum of Jewish Culture, part of the Slovak National Museum, presents centuries of Jewish life in Slovakia, along with the memory of the Holocaust.

It is housed in the 17th-century Zsigray Mansion on Židovská Street, one of the few buildings left of the former Jewish quarter below the castle, most of which was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the bridge approach road.

What to see

Permanent exhibition: Judaica, religious and everyday objects, manuscripts and art illustrating Jewish life in Slovakia.
Synagogue interior: a recreated interior showing how a synagogue was furnished.
Holocaust memorial: a remembrance hall for the Jews of Slovakia murdered during the Second World War.
Temporary exhibitions: changing shows on Jewish history and culture.

Plan your visit

Admission is paid. Visits are self-guided.

Bratislava Castle is a few minutes’ walk up the hill, and St Martin’s Cathedral is just across the road. The Chatam Sofer Memorial, the resting place of a renowned rabbi, is a ten-minute walk along the river.