The Museum of Mountain Jews traces the history of the Juhuro people — the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus — from their origins in ancient Persia through centuries of settlement in Azerbaijan and Dagestan to the present day. The collection includes traditional dress, household objects, religious artefacts, and photographs that document community life in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The museum provides context that makes a walk through Krasnaya Sloboda's streets considerably more meaningful. You will understand better why the houses are built the way they are, why the cemeteries look different from the Muslim cemeteries across the gorge in Quba, and what the Mountain Jewish language (Judeo-Tat) sounds like alongside the Azerbaijani spoken by their neighbours.
Opening hours and admission fees are modest; signage is mainly in Azerbaijani and Russian.