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Berlin Story Museum

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Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Berlin Story Museum
Phone:
+49 30 26555546

Hours:
Sunday10am - 7pm
Monday10am - 7pm
Tuesday10am - 7pm
Wednesday10am - 7pm
Thursday10am - 7pm
Friday10am - 7pm
Saturday10am - 7pm


The first Jewish Museum in Berlin was founded on 24 January 1933, six days before the Nazis officially gained power, and was built next to the Neue Synagoge on Oranienburger Straße. In addition to curating Jewish history, it featured collections of Jewish art. The current Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. It consists of three buildings, two of which are new additions specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind. German-Jewish history is documented in the collections, the library and the archive, and is reflected in the museum's program of events. The museum is one of Germany’s most frequented museums . Opposite the building ensemble, the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin was built – also after a design by Libeskind – in 2011/2012 in the former flower market hall. The archives, library, museum education department, a lecture hall and the Diaspora Garden can all be found in the academy.Princeton economist W. Michael Blumenthal, who was born in Oranienburg near Berlin and was later President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of the Treasury, was the director of the museum from 1997 to 2014; Peter Schäfer was appointed as the new director in September 2014.
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