This museum documents the Jews of Sarajevo. As with most Jewish museums in Europe the story isn't always happy but it's important to hear. This is one of the oldest Synagogues and the museum houses some interesting artifacts.

This museum is definitely worth a visit. As it is fairly small (based in an old synagogue), you can explore it in an hour or so. I found the stories about Bosnian people who helped save Jewish people during Workd War II especially moving.

Holy books, ritual knives, scholarship, old musical instruments, intensely moving photographs, all in a beautiful old synagogue - this museum commemorates the historical Jewish community in Bosnia, and its terrible end. But as much as a commemoration, the museum is a celebration - of the beauty and richness of Bosnian Jewish culture, and the enormous amount the Jewish community once... More

This little three floor museum is in a Sephardic synatgogue. It is fascinating. The Jews expelled from Spain came in the 15th century to find refuge here and prior to WWII there were 9,000 Jews of which 7,000 were killed by the invading Nazi Croatians and Germans. They have some of the ancient artifacts and many of the photos of... More

Liked the information available and the wooden design. Now I know how a circumcision knife looked like a long time ago.

It was wonderful to see how Sephardic Jewish people lived many years ago. My grandparents were married at this former synagogue, and I was so grateful to find it still standing.

This was a small museum in the Bascarsija. Most of the things in the museum were the same as what you've seen in other Jewish Museums throughout Europe, though this one does have a copy of the Haggadah that is in the National Museum, if you don't have the chance to make it out there and want to see it.

The Jewish community was once strong in Sarajevo, and this is an excellent introduction to the life there in a beautiful old building.

Even though I am a local, I go to this place at least once a year. It is nice, clean, informative, the guide is great, and it is just a nice place for mediation and thinking about the history of Sarajevo and its Jews. If you are a foreigner, I recommend that you visit this place first as it is... More