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Links to Museums and Memorial Sites

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This page contains links to Jewish museums and museums with Jewish collections in Germany, museums and memorial sites in other countries, and a number of umbrella organizations for museums and memorial sites. The links are arranged geographically and alphabetically.

Online Resources

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jüdische Sammlungen
http://juedische-sammlungen.de (German only)

Association of European Jewish Museums
https://www.aejm.org

Council of American Jewish Museums
http://www.cajm.net/

Database and Map of Holocaust Memorial Sites in Europe
https://www.gedenkstaetten-uebersicht.de/en

Memorial sites forum. Platform of the Stiftung Topographie des Terrors
https://www.gedenkstaettenforum.de (German Only)

Memorial sites portal on the website of the Arbeitskreises der NS-Gedenkstätten und -Erinnerungsorte in NRW e. V.
http://www.ns-gedenkstaetten.de/gedenkstaetten-bundesweit.html (German only)

Places of Memory 1933-1945: Memorial Sites, Documentation Centers, and Museums of the Nazi Dictatorship in Berlin and Brandenburg
http://www.ns-dokumentationen-berlin-brandenburg.de/en/

Museumsportal Berlin (Berlin's online resource for Museums)
https://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/

Jewish Museums and Museums with Jewish Collections in German Cities

Augsburg

Jewish Culture Museum Augsburg (Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Augsburg Schwaben)
https://en.jkmas.de/

Berlin

Jewish Museum Berlin
https://www.jmberlin.de/en

New Synagogue Berlin (Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum)
https://centrumjudaicum.de/ (German Only)

Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas)
https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/en/home/

Breisach

The Blue House
https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/en/gedenkstaetten/breisach-am-rhein

Creglingen

Jewish Museum Creglingen (Jüdisches Museum Creglingen)
http://www.stiftung-jmc.de/

Dorsten

Jewish Museum Westfalen (Jüdisches Museum Westfalen)
httsp://www.jmw-dorsten.de/english-summary/

Emmendingen

The Jewish Museum Emmendingen in the historical Mikveh Building
https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/en/gedenkstaetten/emmendingen

Essen

Old Synagogue Essen (Alte Synagoge Essen)
http://www.essen.de

Frankfurt am Main

Jewish Museum Frankfurt (Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main)
https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en
associated with Museum Judengasse
https://judengasse.de/

Fürth

Jewish Museum Franken (Jüdisches Museum Franken) (Fürth & Schnaittach)
https://www.juedisches-museum.org (German only)

Göppingen

Jewish Museum Göppingen (Jüdisches Museum Göppingen)
https://www.goeppingen.de/,Lde/start/Kultur/Juedisches+Museum.html (German only)

Halberstadt

The Berend Lehmann Museum for Jewish History and Culture (Berend Lehmann Museum für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur)
https://www.moses-mendelssohn-akademie.de/home.html

Hamburg

The Museum of Hamburg History, Jews in Hamburg Exhibit (Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Jüdische Abteilung)
https://www.hamburgmuseum.de/en/exhibitions/jews-in-hamburg.htm

Kippenheim

The former Synagogue Kippenheim
http://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/en/gedenkstaetten/kippenheim

Laupheim

Museum of Christian and Jewish History (Museum zur Geschichte von Christen und Juden)
https://museum-laupheim.de/ (Germany only)

Munich

Jewish Museum Munich (Jüdisches Museum München)
https://www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/home.html?L=1

Offenburg

Memorial Salmen
https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/en/gedenkstaetten/offenburg

Rendsburg

Jewish Museum Rendsburg (Jüdisches Museum Rendsburg – Dr. Bamberger Haus)
https://www.schloss-gottorf.de/juedisches-museum (German only)

Speyer

Museum SchPIRA
https://www.speyer.de/en/tourism/experience-speyer/museums/museum-schpira/

Sulzburg

The former Synagogue in Sulzburg
https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/en/gedenkstaetten/sulzburg

Veitshöchheim

Jewish Culture Museum and Synagogue (Jüdisches Kulturmuseum und Synagoge)
http://jkm.veitshoechheim.de (German only)

Worms

Jewish Museum in Raschi-Haus (Jüdisches Museum im Raschi-Haus)
https://www.worms.de/juedisches-museum-EN/ (English information available)

Museums and Memorials in other Countries

Argentina

Buenos Aires, Fundación Memoria del Holocausto – Museo del Holocausto de Buenos Aires
https://www.museodelholocausto.org.ar/english/

Australia

Melbourne/St. Kilda, Jewish Museum of Australia – Gandel Center of Judaica
https://www.jewishmuseum.com.au

Sydney, Sydney Jewish Museum
https://www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au

Austria

Eisenstadt, Austria, Jewish Museum (Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum)
https://ojm.at/ (German only)

Hohenems, Jewish Museum Hohenems (Jüdisches Museum Hohenems)
https://www.jm-hohenems.at/en/

Vienna, Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
http://www.jmw.at/en

Belgium

Brussels, Musée Juif de Belgique – Joods Museum van België
http://www.mjb-jmb.org/ (In Dutch and French only)

Mechelen, Kazerne Dossin – Memorial, Museum and Documentation Center on Holocaust and Human Rights
https://www.kazernedossin.eu/EN/

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Museu Judaico do Rio de Janeiro
http://www.museujudaico.org.br/index_us.php

São Paulo, Museu Judaico de São Paulo
http://www.museujudaicosp.org.br/?lang=en

Canada

Toronto, Holocaust Center of Toronto
https://www.holocaustcentre.com/about/visit

Toronto, Beth Tzedec – Reuben & Helene Dennis Museum
https://www.beth-tzedec.org/page/museum

Vancouver, Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia
https://www.jewishmuseum.ca/

Winnipeg, Jewish Heritage Center of Western Canada Inc.
https://www.jhcwc.org/

Czech Republic

Prague, The Jewish Museum in Prague (Židovské Museum v Praze)
https://www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/info/visit/

Theresienstadt, Terezín Memorial:
https://www.pamatnik-terezin.cz/?lang=en

Denmark

Copenhagen, Dansk Jødisk Museum
https://jewmus.dk/en

France

Fénétrange, Initiative Synagogue Fénétrange
http://www.synagoge-fenetrange.de/ (In French and German only)

Paris, Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme
http://www.mahj.org/en/index.php

Paris, Mémorial de la Shoah. Musée, Centre de documentation juive contemporaine
http://www.memorialdelashoah.org/

Great Britain

London, Jewish Museum
https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/

London, Ben Uri Gallery. The London Jewish Museum of Art
https://benuri.org.uk/

London, Imperial War Museum, The Holocaust Exhibition
https://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/the-holocaust-exhibition

Manchester, Manchester Jewish Museum
https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/

Greece

Athens, Jewish Museum of Greece
https://www.jewishmuseum.gr/en/index.html

Rhodes, Rhodes Jewish Museum
https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org

Thessaloniki, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
http://www.jmth.gr/

Hungary

Budapest, Jewish Museum and Archives of Hungary
https://www.milev.hu/news.html

Ireland

Dublin, The Irish-Jewish Museum
https://www.jewishmuseum.ie

Israel

Ein Harod-Meuhad, Museum of Art
https://museumeinharod.org.il/en/

Herzliya, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
http://www.herzliyamuseum.co.il/english/homepage

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum
https://www.imj.org.il/en/

Jerusalem, Yad Vashem – The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
https://www.yadvashem.org/

Jerusalem, The U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art
https://www.ijamuseum.org/

Lohamei HaGetaot, Ghetto Fighters' Museum. Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum
https://gfh.org.il/eng/

Tefen, The Open Museum – Museum of German-Speaking Jewry
http://www.omuseums.org.il/eng/mmt_yakkes/Jeckes_Museum

Tel Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum of the Jewish People
https://www.bh.org.il/

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
http://www.tamuseum.com

Italy

Bologna, Museo Ebraico di Bologna
https://www.museoebraicobo.it/en (Italian only)

Casale Monferrato, La Sinagoga e il Museo Ebraico di Casale Monferrato
http://www.casalebraica.info/?lang=en

Ferrara, Museo nazionale dell’Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (MEIS)
https://www.meisweb.it/museo/ (Italian only)

Florence, Sinagoga e Museo Ebraico di Firenze
https://www.coopculture.it/en/heritage.cfm?id=37

Merano, Jewish Museum and Synagogue
http://www.juedischegemeindemeran.com/lang1/the_jewish_museum.html

Rome, Museo Ebraico di Roma
https://www.museoebraico.roma.it/

Trieste, Museo della Comunità Ebraica di Trieste "Carlo e Vera Wagner"
http://www.triestebraica.it/it/culturaturismo/il-museo-ebraico

Venice, Museo ebraico di Venezia
http://www.museoebraico.it/en/

Lithuania

Vilnius, Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum
http://www.jmuseum.lt/en

Morocco

Casablanca, Musée du Judaïsme marocain
http://jewishmuseumcasa.com/

Netherlands

Amsterdam, Joods Historisch Museum
https://jck.nl/en/node/963

Amsterdam, Anne Frank House
https://www.annefrank.org/en

Westerbork, Camp Westerbork (Herinneringscentrum)
https://kampwesterbork.nl/en

Poland

Krakow, Galicia Jewish Museum
http://www.en.galiciajewishmuseum.org/

Oswiecim, Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
http://auschwitz.org/en/

Oswiecim, Auschwitz Jewish Center (Jüdisches Zentrum in Oświęcim)
https://ajcf.pl/en/

Warsaw, Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich)
https://www.polin.pl/en

Warsaw, Jewish Historical Institute (Żydowski Instytut Historyczny)
http://www.jhi.pl/en

Slovakia

Bratislava, Museum of Jewish Culture (Múzeum židovskej kultúry)
https://www.snm.sk/?home

South Africa

Cape Town, South African Jewish Museum
https://sajewishmuseum.org.za/

Spain

Madrid, Museo de la Comunidad Judía de Madrid
https://cjmadrid.org/en/informacion-general-para-visitantes/ (Spanish only)

Salamanca, Museo Judío David Melul Béjar
http://www.museojudiobejar.com/en/

Toledo, Museo Sefardí
http://www.mecd.gob.es/msefardi/home.html (Spanish only)

Sweden

Stockholm, Judiska Museet in Stockholm
https://judiskamuseet.se/en/

Switzerland

Basel, Jewish Museum of Switzerland (Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz)
https://www.juedisches-museum.ch/ (German only)

USA

Baltimore, MD, The Jewish Museum of Maryland
http://www.jewishmuseummd.org/

Berkeley, CA, The Judah L. Magnes Museum
https://magnes.berkeley.edu/

Chicago, IL, Spertus Museum, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
https://collection.spertus.edu/

Houston, TX, Holocaust Museum Houston – Education Center and Memorial
https://www.hmh.org

Jackson, MS, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
https://www.isjl.org/museum/index.html

Los Angeles, CA, Simon Wiesenthal Center
http://www.wiesenthal.com

Los Angeles, CA, Skirball Cultural Center
https://www.skirball.org/

Miami Beach, FL, Jewish Museum of Florida
http://www.jewishmuseum.com/

New York, NY, The Jewish Museum
https://www.thejewishmuseum.org/index.php

New York, NY, Museum of Jewish Heritage
https://mjhnyc.org/

New York, NY, Yeshiva University Museum
https://www.yumuseum.org/

Philadelphia, PA, National Museum of American Jewish History
https://www.nmajh.org/

San Francisco, CA, The Contemporary Jewish Museum
https://www.thecjm.org/

St. Petersburg, FL, Florida Holocaust Museum
https://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/

Tulsa, OK, The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
https://jewishmuseumtulsa.org/

Washington, DC, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
https://www.ushmm.org/

Washington, DC, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum
https://www.bnaibrith.org/bnai-brith-klutznick-national-jewish-museumreg-collection.html

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