The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street
Manhattan, NY 10128-0118
212-423-3200
The museum explores the development and meaning of Jewish identity and culture over the course of 4,000 years, exhibitions draw on the museum's collection of artwork and ceremonial objects ranging from a 3rd century Roman burial plaque to 20th century sculpture; special exhibitions focus on Jewish history and art
Hours11 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Saturday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday. Closed Jewish holidays.
Upcoming Events
Through Jan. 4, 2009
Leola Bermanzohn: Otiyot (Letters)
Temporary, site-specific mural re-imagining the script of the Dead Sea Scrolls (created in response to the exhibition, "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World")
Through Feb. 1, 2009
1942 (Poznan)
Video installation by Uriel Orlow reflecting on the uses of former synagogues in once-vibrant European Jewish communities decimated by Nazism and forgotten under Communism
Through Feb. 1, 2009
Susan Hiller: The J. Street Project
Some 303 photographs, with a video and reference materials, documenting German street signs with the prefix "Juden" (Jews) marking the absence of Jewish communities that lived in Germany prior to Nazi rule
Through Feb. 1, 2009
Theaters of Memory: Art and the Holocaust
Artworks from the permanent collection exploring how artists have depicted the Holocaust, including some by such renowned artists as Tadeusz Kantor, Christian Boltansky, Anselm Kiefer and George Segal
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Admission
$12 (free Saturdays), $10 seniors, $7.50 students, children admitted free
Directions
Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street; Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 stopping between 91st and 92nd Streets; M96
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