Jewish Historical Museum(Amsterdam)
| Jewish Historical Museum(Amsterdam) | |
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| ADDRESS: | Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, |
| OFFICIAL CITY NAME: | Amsterdam |
| CITY: | Amsterdam |
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| ZIPCODE: | 1011 PL |
| COUNTRY: | Netherlands |
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| WEB PAGE: | http://www.jhm.nl/english.aspx |
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The museum's collection includes some 11,000 art objects, ceremonial objects and historical objects, only some five percent of which is on display at any one time. It has two permanent exhibitions as well as regularly changing temporary exhibitions. The exhibition on the ground floor focuses on Jewish traditions and customs. The presentation is inspired by the former interior of the synagogue. Ceremonial objects from the museum collection are shown in locations where they used to be placed in the synagogue. This gives visitors a sense of the surroundings in which they find themselves and enables them to taste the original synagogue atmosphere.
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The Joods Historisch Museum opened its doors on February 24, 1932 and was inititally housed at the Waag (Weighing House) on Nieuwmarkt square. Following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, the museum was forced to close and much of the collection was lost. The museum reopened its doors in 1955. In 1987, it moved to a new location, occupying four former synagogues on Jonas Daniël Meijerplein square, across the road from the Snoge or Portuguese Synagogue (for which joint tickets are sold).
