Jewish Museum - New York, New York

The Jewish Museum Offers Insight into Jewish Culture and Art.  Located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, the Jewish Museum has more than 26,000 objects. They include paintings, artifacts, sculpture and a variety of other items that are important to preserving and teaching about Jewish culture and history. The following are just a few of the interesting artifacts and exhibits that guests to the museum can see when they visit.

The antiquities in the museum date from thousands of years ago, and show the roots of Jewish art and culture. The paintings on exhibit range from classical to modern, and highlight a variety of different styles and techniques used by many different Jewish artists throughout history. The photographs do a wonderful job of capturing snapshots of Jewish life, architecture, and more over the past century.

One of the permanent exhibits in the museum is Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey. This gives visitors a chance to view Jewish history through the art of the people. It is a two-floor exhibit and features more than 800 of the museum’s pieces. The works in the exhibit range from art and ceremonial objects to photos and more.

The exhibit traces the development of the Jewish culture from more than four thousand years ago to today. It examines everything that has shaped the Jewish experience, including how they adapted to life in different countries while still being able to retain their identity. You can take an audio guided tour of the exhibit, which is available free with admission to the museum.

The Jewish Museum also has a variety of temporary exhibits that change often. One of the temporary exhibits that are popular among visitors is Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, which showcases artwork, including painting and sculpture, that was created in the years after World War II. Another temporary exhibit is the holocaust related film by Maya Zack called Mother Economy.

The museum also has a media center, which contains a digital library of more than 100 television and radio shows from the Museum’s National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting.

Admission to the museum is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors over 65, $7.50 for students. Children younger than 12 are free, as are members of the Jewish Museum. Certain Saturdays are free. Be sure to check their website for all the latest information.