BagelFest 2024 at CitiField
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bagel fans swarmed into CitiField (home of the New York Mets) for the 2024 BagelFest. When you eat a bagel you also need something to drink it with. The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum was invited to support the event with the freshest,...
Arrival of First Accessioned Items: Single-Siphon Seltzer Filler and Mask
A few months ago we heard from Al Polinsky. His wife’s father was a part owner in Harvilla & Sons Beverages, in Minersville, Pa. Along with soda like birch beer, they also bottled seltzer (popular among the local Jewish community). The family not only made seltzer...
Comic Mural and Scavenger Hunt Preview Event
On Saturday, April 27th, come join us for the Fans of the Museum Preview of two new exhibits! We are excited to invite you to be the first to experience two new exhibits at the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum. The first is a 24-foot-wide comic mural addressing the cultural...
Original Seltzer Art Gallery Show
Fizz: a site-specific exhibition of new paintings created by Meridith McNeal for the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum will be on view from March through April 14, 2024. The artist reception was held on Friday March 22, 5-7pm. A portion of all sales benefit the Brooklyn Seltzer...
The 2024 National Egg Cream Invitational
2024 National Egg Cream Invitational Since the 1890s The Egg Cream has been a critical drink within the New York City soda fountain scene. It is a chocolate, seltzer and milk drink that has to be handmade moments before it’s enjoyed (no eggs. no cream - usually). For...
Family Seltzer Party
Family Seltzer Party! This month we held our first Family seltzer party. On December 3, from noon to 4:00, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum was open all afternoon for families with children, and their friends. It was an afternoon of wild experimentation in all the...
Open House NY
Where was the 3rd coolest place to visit in New York City for Open House New York Weekend (according to the Gothamist)? Oh yeah, that's right! You guessed it. Give yourself a seltzer. It's us! That meant Sunday, Oct 22nd, we were open (sans tours) from noon to four....
Preview Party
On Saturday, May 5, 2023, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum held its Preview Party, to celebrate the opening of both the pilot for the museum and to recognize the hard work of all the individuals who made it happen.Here's how co-curators Alex Gomberg and Barry Joseph...