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Places of Interest in Vienna
Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna
(Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien)
Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010, Wien, Tel: 535 0431, Website: www.jmw.at, U-Bahn: Stephansplatz
The Jewish Museum was re-opened in the 1990s, the original having been shut by the Nazis in 1938. The revived museum gives an interesting picture of Jewish cultural and religious life, with emphasis of course within Vienna. As well as permanent displays, which include a number of religious and ceremonial items rescued from the destruction of the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, the museum makes very good use of more modern multimedia techniques to detail important figures and events in Jewish history. Elsewhere, it also hosts numerous temporary exhibitions which give visitors an idea of Jewish endeavour in modern day Vienna.
