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Historic synagogues house a story of Dutch Judaism

The Jewish Historical Museum occupies four monumental 17th- to 18th-century synagogue buildings in the middle of Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter. It provides a rich picture of past and present Dutch Jewish life and holds an extensive collection of items ranging from paintings to films, and from utensils to 3D presentations. At any one time there are also two temporary exhibitions on display. Inside the Jewish Historical Museum there is another attraction for children: the JHM Children’s Museum, where young visitors can learn how to bake a challah, write their name in Hebrew and enjoy Jewish music.

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Collection Highlights

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  • Collection JHM. Purchase made possible by the Mondriaan Stichting, Stichting VSB Fonds, Vereniging Rembrandt, Stichting SNS Reaal Fonds, BankGiro Loterij, inheritance H. Strauss-Ricardo, Art gallery Salomon Stodel, The Bobins Foundation, The Crown Family, Tom Meyer.
    “The Ashkenazic and Portuguese Synagogue”
    Gerrit Berckheyde, 1675
  • Collection JHM. Purchased with the support of the Friends of the JHM Foundation
    “Interior of the Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in Amsterdam”
    Martin Monnickendam, 1935
  • Collection JHM. Purchase made possible by the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSB Fonds, the BankGiro Loterij, Stichting Will and Rita Jaeger Fonds, Stichting Iton, Salomon Stichting, LaSalle Bank Chicago, H. Philips, R.M. Weisz, Max Abram and the Friends of the JHM Foundation.
    “Judengasse in Amsterdam”
    Max Liebermann, 1908
  • On loan from the Orthodox Ashkenazic Congregation (NIHS), Amsterdam
    “Two silver Torah finials”
    Johannes Schiotling, 1773
  • Collection JHM
    “Self-portrait”
    Charlotte Salomon
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