Cathedrals of Industry: Museum in New Photography Book
In 2023, the Museum was contacted by Michael L. Horowitz, a New York-based photographer who has dedicated himself to documenting cultural history in the face of rapid change. He wanted to visit the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys and the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum to capture the...
If You Love Egg Creams You’ll Want to Take a Tour of the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
A Baby Boomer Woman’s Life After 50 is mouthful of a blog title but it's the platform for Judy Freedman to "age gracefully, be optimistic about the future, and keep my chin up — so my neck stays forever wrinkle-free." She recently took a tour of the Museum and wrote...
Seltzer Museum Featured in New Quirky Tour Guide
As the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum enters its second year of operation, we were delighted to see a two-page spread in a wonderful new guide to New York City. Rossilynne Culgan's book, Secret New York City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure, is a metaphorical...
Comic Mural Announced in AAM’s Museum Magazine
We were delighted to see the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum's spring exhibit launch recognized in the FIRST LOOK section of MUSEUM, the industry periodical published by the American Alliance of Museums. It's just a brief mention but, coming from AAM, it means a lot to us, as...
Museum Touted in Video from BKReader
The local Brooklyn paper, BKReader, just produced a lovely video featuring the Museum with an article on the factory ("Brooklyn Seltzer Boys: NYC's Last Seltzer Factory"). Check out this tour in action!
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Featured Interview on Jane August’s New Podcast Series
Jane August’s new podcast, "The Next Stop Is…", recently featured the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum. Hurrah! Have a listen below or read the full transcript. From the liner notes:New York City is full of a multitude of different neighborhoods, industries, and worlds that we...
Museum Open House – Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
Museum Open House with Jay Sugarman is part of NewTV, which provides community-focused programming and newss in and around Newton, MA. Jay recently invited Alex and Barry to sit for an episode. From their show notes: Jay talks with Alex Gomberg and Barry Joseph from...
The Forward Covered the Egg Cream Invitational
The Forward wrote this lovely piece focusing on the unexpected winners of the 2024 National Egg Cream Invitational. Where can you find the best egg cream in the world? Not New York Philadelphia’s Franklin Fountain won the first National Egg Cream Invitational with an...
New York Jewish Week’s Insta Video on the Egg Cream Invitational
New York Jewish Week posted this GREAT video on Instagram from the 2024 National Egg Cream Invitational. Check it out below.
Brooklyn Paper on the Egg Cream Invitational
Brooklyn Paper & Brownstoner (read here) provided a detailed overview and more great photos of the 2024 National Egg Cream Invitational. Egg Cream of the crop! Brooklyn Seltzer Museum hosts borough’s first-ever National Egg Cream competition By Gabriele Holtermann...