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Jewish Museum may refer to:

Australia
  • Jewish Museum of Australia
    Jewish Museum of Australia
    The Jewish Museum of Australia is a community museum, which aims to explore and share the Jewish experience in Australia and benefit Australia's diverse society...

    , Melbourne, Victoria


Austria
  • Jewish Museum Vienna
    Jewish Museum Vienna
    The Jüdisches Museum Wien, or the Jewish Museum Vienna, is a museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria. The present museum was founded in 1988 in the Palais Eskeles in the Dorotheergasse, Vienna, and has distinguished itself by a very active programme of exhibitions.- History :The...



Czech Republic
  • Jewish Museum of Prague


Denmark
  • Danish Jewish Museum
    Danish Jewish Museum
    The Danish Jewish Museum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, sits inside the Danish Royal Library’s old Galley House and exhibits Danish Jewish historical artifacts and art. Designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the building memorializes the story of Danish Jews who were saved from Nazi...

    , Copenhagen


Georgia
  • David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia
    David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia
    The David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia is a principal museum of the Jewish history and culture in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was established by the decision of Administration of the "Georgian Committee for assisting the Poor" on November 30, 1932 as a departmental organization within...

    , Tbilisi


Germany
  • Jewish Museum Berlin
    Jewish Museum Berlin
    The Jewish Museum Berlin , in Berlin, Germany, covers two millennia of German Jewish history. It consists of two buildings. One is the old Kollegienhaus, a former courthouse, built in the 18th century. The other, a new addition specifically built for the museum, designed by world-renowned architect...

  • Jewish Museum Frankfurt
    Jewish Museum Frankfurt
    The Jewish Museum of the City of Frankfurt am Main covers the history and culture of the Jewish communities in Frankfurt from the 12th to the 20th centuries. There is another branch of the museum, the Museum Judengasse, in a different part of town....

  • Jewish Museum Munich
    Jewish Museum Munich
    The Jewish Museum Munich provides an overview of Munich’s Jewish history and is part of the city's new Jewish Center located at Sankt-Jakobs-Platz in Munich, Germany...



Ireland
  • Irish Jewish Museum
    Irish Jewish Museum
    The Irish Jewish Museum is a small museum located in the once highly Jewish populated area of Portobello, around the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, dedicated to the history of the Irish Jewish community....

    , Dublin


Italy
  • Synagogue of Casale Monferrato
    Synagogue of Casale Monferrato
    The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato, which was built in 1595, is particularly known for its exquisite Baroque interior with walls and ceiling embellished with elaborate painting, carving and gilding. It is located in Vicolo Salmone Olper, an alleyway in the traditionally Jewish quarter of Casale...

  • Ferrara Synagogue
    Ferrara Synagogue
    The Ferrara Synagogue is a synagogue located in Ferrara, Italy.The synagogue is the sole surviving synagogue is the only surviving representative of the several synagogues that once flourished in Ferrara. It is located in the historic Jewish community building of 1421 at 95 via Mazzini, which once...



Lithuania
  • Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum
    Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum
    The Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania is dedicated to the historical and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jewry.The museum was established in 1989 by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. Over the course of the following years, its exhibition items, many from earlier Jewish museums...

     (Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

    )


Netherlands
  • Joods Historisch Museum
    Joods Historisch Museum
    The Joods Historisch Museum is a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion, in the Netherlands and worldwide. It is the only museum in the Netherlands dedicated to Jewish history...

    , Amsterdam


Poland
  • Galicia Jewish Museum
    Galicia Jewish Museum
    The Galicia Jewish Museum is located in the historical Jewish district Kazimierz in Kraków, Poland. It focuses on the traces of Jewish life and culture that can still be found in the area of the historic Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia located in modern Poland.- History :The Museum was...

     (Krakow
    Kraków
    Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

    )
  • Museum of the History of the Polish Jews
    Museum of the History of the Polish Jews
    The Museum of History of Polish Jews is a new museum under construction on the site of the Warsaw ghetto. The cornerstone was laid in 2007 and the museum is scheduled to open in 2012. The museum will feature multimedia exhibits on vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand...

     (Warsaw
    Warsaw
    Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

    )


Romania
  • Jewish Museum (Bucharest)
    Jewish Museum (Bucharest)
    The Jewish Museum in Bucharest, Romania is located in the former Templul Unirea Sfântă synagogue, which survived both World War II and Nicolae Ceauşescu unscathed....



Turkey
  • Jewish Museum of Turkey
    Jewish Museum of Turkey
    Jewish Museum of Turkey is a cultural center established by the Quincentennial Foundation to inform the society of the traditions and history of Turkish Jewry. It was inaugurated on November 25, 2001...

    , Istanbul


United Kingdom
  • Jewish Museum (Camden)
    Jewish Museum (Camden)
    The Jewish Museum London is a museum of Jewish life and art in the London Borough of Camden, on the northern fringes of central London, England.-History:...

    , London, England
  • Jewish Museum (Finchley), London, England
  • Manchester Jewish Museum
    Manchester Jewish Museum
    Manchester Jewish Museum tells the story of the Jewish community in Manchester, England over the last 200 years. It occupies the former Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue on Cheetham Hill Road and is a grade II* listed building...

    , England


United States of America
  • Contemporary Jewish Museum
    Contemporary Jewish Museum
    The Contemporary Jewish Museum was founded in 1984 in San Francisco, California, with the goal of offering contemporary perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas...

    , San Francisco, California
  • Jewish Children's Museum
    Jewish Children's Museum
    The Jewish Children's Museum is the largest Jewish-themed children's museum in the United States. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding...

    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Jewish History Museum (Tucson)
    Jewish History Museum (Tucson)
    The Jewish History Museum, formerly known as the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest is a museum housed in an historic synagogue building in Tucson, Arizona...

    , in Tucson, Arizona
  • Jewish Museum (New York)
    Jewish Museum (New York)
    The Jewish Museum of New York, an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, is the leading Jewish museum in the United States. With over 26,000 objects, it contains the largest collection of art and Jewish culture outside of museums in Israel. The museum is housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in...


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