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If you’re in Japan, there’s a “bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.” In Paris, the “birthplace of a famous steak sauce still keeps its recipe a secret.” And in New York City? The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum. “In 2024,...

Atlas Obscura, the travel company, just published a glowing review of the Museum. Read it all here or below. Tucked into an industrial area of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, is this gem of a museum offers a glimpse into the history of New York told through one of its...

Specialized or quirky? Yup, that's us -- and it's great to be recognized as such by the Associated Press. You can read all of "NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums" here. An interactive museum and factory tour run in partnership with the city’s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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 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...