Jewish Museum Vienna - Museum Judenplatz
Jewish Museum Vienna - Museum Judenplatz
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
The Jewish Museum Vienna was founded in 1895 as the world's first Jewish museum. Today, it preserves one of the largest and most significant collections of Judaica globally – the heritage of what was once the third-largest Jewish community in Europe before the Shoah. It is a place of urban diversity, discussing relevant cultural and socio-political issues of history and the present from a Jewish perspective. Through its exhibitions, event and educational programs at both museum locations, and digital offerings, it conveys the breadth of Jewish life and cultures in the past and present. It showcases the history of the relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish populations, addressing aspects such as identity, inclusion, and exclusion from a Jewish perspective. At Museum Judenplatz, you can explore the excavation of the medieval synagogue, the permanent exhibition "Our Medieval City! The First Jewish Community in Vienna" as well as a variety of temporary exhibitions.
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Neighborhood: Inner City
In Vienna's best-known district, pedestrian boulevards Kärntner Strasse and Graben connect you with landmarks such as the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), Vienna’s iconic Stephansdom (St. Stephen’s Cathedral) and the vast compound of Hofburg, the Habsburgs’ former Imperial Palace. Peek down side streets such as Annagasse and Weihburggasse, and Graben’s Seilergasse and Habsburggasse, to get a feel for the center. The Imperial Apartments and the refreshingly demystifying Sissi Museum are must-dos at Hofburg. Spacious squares such as Am Hof and Freyung often host beautiful seasonal and antiques markets.
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- Herrengasse • 5 min walk
- Stephansplatz • 6 min walk
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Antonio8069
Los Angeles, CA185 contributions
Mar 2020
The highlight of this museum was the 2 rooms dedicated to Hedy Lamarr - an Austrian born actress who made it big in Hollywood and was (curiously) also an inventor who discovered blue tooth technology and the laser guided remote technology. The lower level is devoted to the ruins of a synagogue which is now being rebuilt. The Austrian Museum of History also has temple ruins and I found them more interesting, I rented an audio guide and it was not good - the controls were difficult to master, the battery needed replacing and the content was not interesting, even preachy, While there are guided tours, these are only in German. I also found the staff unhelpful. Hopefully, the museum will fix these problems?
Written March 7, 2020
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Hallie F
Bega, Australia23 contributions
Jan 2023 • Couples
Excellent Museum. Well presented material. At times English editong problematic. Woman at front desk pretty rude and unhelpful. Museum however incredible as wete excavations and trobute to Jewish lives lost outside the Museum
Written January 10, 2023
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Serena C
Cheshire, UK882 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
We went there as part of the combined ticket with the other museum. It was good to have another perspective on the relationship between the Jewish population and the Viennese who were not of the same faith. It was also interesting to see the excavations showing a synagogue that was there many thousands of year ago and was only discovered in the 1990's.
Written January 23, 2024
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nylabuyer
Los Angeles, CA186 contributions
Sep 2019 • Couples
This museum has 2 locations, the main one on the aptly names Jusenplatz and the other on Dorotheergasse. The ticket is good for several days so you are able to visit the locations on different days. The Museum Judenplatz has an exhibit where you can stand in the actual original synagogue in situ as part of an archeological dig several floors beneath street level - very powerful. This is not a happy visit by any means, but absolutely worth attending.
Written September 6, 2019
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Cruising allthetime
5 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
A nice small museum dealing with archeological finds and Jewish history. We were very surprised, however, that the museum does not exhibit anything at all about the Holocaust. How can a Jewish museum in this part of Eastern Europe that was so impacted by the Holocaust not cover this history ? Makes no sense. We left disappointed.
Written June 6, 2019
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jammer54
Karmiel, Israel107 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
This museum is adjacent to the Holocaust Memorial. At the time I visited they had a very interesting exhibition on Leonard Bernstein, who had a love-hate relationship with the post-war Vienna Philharmonic. There is also the remains of a synagogue destroyed in a round of anti-Jewish atrocities long before the Holocaust. The synagogue is actually located beneath the Holocaust Memorial.
Written April 25, 2019
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Life-is-an-Adventure
Karmiel, Israel447 contributions
Nov 2018 • Solo
Built on the actual site of an ancient synagogue, whose excavation is accessible via a tunnel, this museum centres on the findings of this site and documentary evidence of a middle age Jewish quarter in the midst of Vienna destroyed in 1420.
Situated in Judenplatz, which has in its centre the Holocaust Memorial (see my review), and along with its sister museum on Dorotheergrasse (Jewish Museum Vienna - see my review), which centres on modern times, one sees that the Jewish history of Vienna is multifaceted. It is not just the holocaust, or the "fin de siecle", but there was also a vibrant middle ages component.
Situated in Judenplatz, which has in its centre the Holocaust Memorial (see my review), and along with its sister museum on Dorotheergrasse (Jewish Museum Vienna - see my review), which centres on modern times, one sees that the Jewish history of Vienna is multifaceted. It is not just the holocaust, or the "fin de siecle", but there was also a vibrant middle ages component.
Written December 5, 2018
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RandJSanFrancisco
San Francisco103 contributions
Oct 2019
If you've been to Vienna but not dealt with the history of Jews in Austria you have missed a very important part of the story. This museum and the other Jewish museum deal with the story of the Jews and their persecution in Austria. Not to be missed
Written October 24, 2019
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ge0teach84
Miami, FL245 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
Seeing the remnants of the old temple was quite a site to see. You can use your ticket from the other Jewish museum for free entry.
Written June 18, 2019
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Ove S
Jerusalem, Israel622 contributions
Nov 2021
Smaller than the "real" Jewish Museum but more intetesting. The accsess to the remains of the old synagogue under Judenplatz was very impressively made and makes the visit very worthwhile.
Written November 19, 2021
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