Vienna. Jewish Museum. Twenty-first Century
The museum places its own path to a new permanent exhibition into the spotlight. Seven questions form the framework for the exhibition “Vienna. Jewish Museum. 21st Century”, which for a whole year transforms the atrium of the Jewish Museum Vienna into a Space in Progress.
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Vienna and the World: The Jewish Museum Visible Storage
The Visible Storage gives an insight into the unique collections of Judaica and memorabilia from Viennese and Austrian synagogues or from private donors. They bear witness to the history of the Austrian Jews. Also the people who were collecting the magnificent items are introduced.
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From Alef to Tav - From Beginning to End
In the atelier objects from the museum collections are displayed in dialogue with everyday items. What happens in the life cycle from birth to death? We present our visitors from toddlers to seniors the topics of the Viennese Jewish culture and history with age-appropriate programs and workshops.
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Annex: Reflecting and Reading
This room is devoted to inspiring a deeper understanding and is a place for information and reflection on the Jewish history in Austria. We also invite our visitors to browse our collections via tablet PC’s and see objects that for preservation purposes we cannot put on display.
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Nancy Spero - Installation of Memory
In a career spanning over fifty years, Nancy Spero has been one of the most influential visual artists of the modern era: precise and confrontational, strong but undemonstrative. From the 1970ies onwards, her drawings, collages, and room and wall installations consisted almost exclusively of portrayals of women and offered an ambivalent narrative alternative to traditional linear constructions.
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Museum Judenplatz - The Viennese Jewish Community in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages Vienna was home to a thriving Jewish community, which was one of the largest and most important in Europe. Famous Rabbis taught and worked here and made Vienna into a center of Jewish knowledge. This lively and creative atmosphere has come to an abrupt end in 1420/21 by the expulsion and murder of the Viennese Jews.
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