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Our City! Jewish Vienna – Then to Now

Sunday, November 1st - Saturday, December 31st | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

“Our City!” starts with the years from 1945 to the present on the ground floor. It describes the development, in spite of the unhelpfulness of Austrian post-war politicians, of an almost completely destroyed Jewish community to its present-day modest but highly dynamic presence. It is a story of immigration: first from Eastern and Central Europe, […] | more

Fear

Wednesday, November 6th - Sunday, April 27th | Museum Judenplatz, Judenplatz 8, A-1010 Vienna

Fear is more than a feeling that we all know. Starting with the primeval fear, the concern about physical and mental health and economic survival, fear accompanies us throughout our lives, ending with fear of death. We can be frightened of something specific, but fear is diffuse, difficult to understand, and even more threatening because […] | more

G*d. Reflections between Heaven and Earth

Wednesday, April 2nd - Sunday, October 5th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

G*d: for some He is the origin of all being, for others a grand illusion. God brings people together and also divides them. But who or what is God anyway? The exhibition G*d. Reflections between Heaven and Earth approaches the phenomenon in seven questions that often have more than just a religious answer. Starting from […] | more

Daniel Aschheim “Kreisky, Israel and Jewish identity”

Thursday, April 3rd | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

Has everything really already been said about Bruno Kreisky? Daniel Aschheim, an Israeli diplomat, provides proof to the contrary in his book. Around 50 years ago, Kreisky formulated the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine as a path to peace in the Middle East. An idea that has regained great – and sad – relevance […] | more

100% Jewish Museum Vienna – 50/50 Dorotheergasse & Judenplatz

Sunday, April 13th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

We are delighted to offer tours in English featuring an overview of our exhibitions and collections at our two locations. Within a mere sixty minutes, you will experience a high dose of Viennese Jewish history and become acquainted with the most fascinating aspects of this vibrant heritage at the oldest Jewish museum in the world. Times […] | more

Where Have All the Flowers Gone…

Thursday, May 8th - Sunday, January 18th | Museum Judenplatz, Judenplatz 8, A-1010 Vienna

Where Have All the Flowers Gone… 80 Years After the War: Photographs by Roger Cremers | more

Simon Wiesenthal Lecture: Philippe Sands “Londres 38 – On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia”

Thursday, May 8th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

The house at 38 Londres Street, Santiago, is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer responsible for the use of gas vans.On the run from justice after 1945, Rauff settles in Punta Arenas, […] | more

No Room for Discussion?

Tuesday, May 13th - Sunday, September 14th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

An Intervention about the World since October 7, 2023 | more

Black Jews, White Jews? On Skin Color and Prejudice

Wednesday, October 22nd - Sunday, April 26th | Museum Dorotheergasse, Dorotheergasse 11, A-1010 Wien

What skin colors do Jews have – and which are ascribed to them? How do they position themselves? The exhibition Black Jews, White Jews? explores these questions and shows historical and contemporary examples of external and self-perception. It examines the topic of Jewish identity in the charged relationship between self-definition, antisemitism, and racism. For centuries, […] | more