The Jewish museums in Europe: presenting the lives and the life of the spirit of Jews and Judaism
The 62 institutions belonging to the AEJM (Association of Jewish Museums in Europe) are found from Georgia to Spain, Norway to Italy. Each of these museums is home to a collection evoking the compelling richness of Judaism and of Jewish life and culture.And that’s one of the two reasons why international tourists join residents in flocking to visit them.The other: these museums have become the venues for the resurgence of performing and visual art created by and featuring Jews.
Munich’s Jewish Museum
Located in the heart of the city’s historic quarter, the Museum is often thronged by visitors during its days of opening. They come to visit the Museum’s imaginatively-displayed permanent collection, which so compellingly delineates the long tradition of Jewish life and suffering in Munich – and to attend its imaginatively curated special displays.
Adress
Jewish Museum Munich
St.-Jakobs-Platz 16
80331 Munich
Germany
Website
https://www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/en.html
On many evenings, the Museum’s stunningly-beautiful foyer serves as the stage for performances of Judaism and Holocaust-related music…
…for discussions of issues of topical importance involving Jews…
…for presentations of the lives of Holocaust survivors and victims, and much more.
Berlin’s Jewish Museum
Berlin’s Jewish Museum is without a doubt the best-known and visited (three quarter of a million visitors a year) of the ones in Europe.
In addition to the Museum’s comprehensive and multifaceted collection, its popularity has ensued from its architecture, which embodies the ruptures, darknesses and rays of hope forming the history of the Jews in Berlin and in Europe.
Expressing these qualities was the goal of Daniel Libeskind, who can well be regarded as the foremost designer of Jewish museums in the world. The New York-based architect has also created the
Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabrück, Germany | Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco | Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen |
The National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa, Canada | the Ohio Holocaust & Liberators Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
Adress
Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9-14
10969 Berlin
Germany
Website
www.jmberlin.de/en
Jewish Museum in Berlin
Designed by Daniel Libeskind
Jewish Museum
of Hohenems
The Jewish Museum of Hohenems remembers the Jewish community of Hohenems and its various contributions to the development of Vorarlberg and the surrounding regions of the Alps. It tells a story about the Diaspora and it confronts contemporary questions of Jewish life and culture in Europe, questions of living together and of migration…
Adress
Schweizer Str. 5, 6845 Hohenems, Austria
Website
Jewish Museum in Hohenems
Schweizer Str. view
Jewish Museum in Hohenems
main entrance
Jewish Museum in Hohenems
museum information board
Jewish Museum in Prague
Established in 1906, the Jewish Museum in Prague is one of the oldest Jewish museums in Europe. Its founders were the historian Salomon Hugo Lieben and the representative of the Czech-Jewish movement and city councillor August Stein.
Adress
U Staré školy 141/1, 110 00 Staré Město, Czech Republic
Website
https://www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/info/visit/
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The Danish Jewish Museum
The Danish Jewish Museum is a state-subsidized cultural history museum, inaugurated on June 8, 2004.
The museum is the only one of its kind in Denmark and participates in international cooperation through, i.a. the Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM).
Adress
Proviantpassagen 6, 1218 København, Denmark
Website
https://www.jewmus.dk/en/the-danish-jewish-museum/
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Museum of Jewish Art and History Paris
What is the mahJ?
Founded as a state-approved non-profit organisation, the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme (mahJ) opened in 1998 with the support of the City of Paris and the State.
Adress
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, 71 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France
Website
https://www.mahj.org/en/support-mahj/faites-un-don-au-musee
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Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki has been established in 2001, in an old commercial arcade which belongs to the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and has been renovated by funds of the Organization Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe 1997.
Adress
Agiou Mina 11, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece
Website
http://www.jmth.gr
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