Culture, Comedy & Cuisine at the Borscht Belt Museum

Where grandma vacationed and entertainers became Hollywood stars

Road signs along Route 17 in upstate New York displaying lodging options at the height of the Borscht Belt era in the 1950s-60s. The white signs identified cheaper bungalow colonies.

“Our crown jewel is the original gold neon sign that sat on top of Kutsher’s,” says Andrew Jacobs, President of the Board of Directors at the Borscht Belt Museum.

Located in …