Housed in the 1850 Holy Union Temple (Templul Unirea Sfântă), a small Sephardic synagogue in what was the heart of Bucharest's Jewish quarter before most of it was demolished during the Ceaușescu redevelopments. The museum traces the long Jewish presence in Romania — going back to Roman Dacia — through documents, ritual objects, photographs, and personal effects.
A separate section, somber and thorough, covers the Holocaust in Romania, including the Iași pogrom and the role of Romanian troops in atrocities in Transnistria. The museum is small, important, and rarely crowded. A nondescript exterior gives no hint of the synagogue inside; ring the bell for entry. Closed on Saturdays.