The Jewish MuseumThe Jewish Museum is the largest and most authentic of its kind
in Central Europe, with one of the most extensive collections of
Judaic art in the world. Situated in the old Jewish Quarter,
exhibitions are spread over a variety of buildings and synagogues,
including the Maisel, Spanish, Klausen and Pinkas Synagogues, the
Ceremonial Hall, the Old Jewish Cemetery, the Robert Guttmann
Gallery and the Education and Culture Centre. The origins of the
collection are astonishing in their atrociousness. Objects from 153
Jewish communities throughout Bohemia and Moravia were brought to
Prague by the Nazis in 1942, to be used in a planned 'museum of an
extinct people' after their extermination programme was complete.
The Pinkas Synagogue was turned into a Jewish memorial after the
Second World War and its walls are covered with the names of the
Czech victims, the communities they belonged to and the camps in
which they perished. The Old Jewish Cemetery is a significant sight
with over 12,000
Address: U Star?© Â?koly 1
Website: www.jewishmuseum.cz
Email: office@jewishmuseum.cz
Telephone: 222 749 221
Opening Time: Daily except Saturday from 9am to 6pm (April to
October), 9am to 4.30pm (November to March). Jewish Cemetery opens
Tuesday to Thursday, 9am to 1pm.
Admission: 300Kc (adults), 200Kc (children 6-15) |
