Out and about in “Our City!” – Ottakring
Dec 4, 2020 | JMW News
Hannah Landsmann goes for a historical walk through the Jewish history of Ottakring, Vienna’s 16th district | more
Museum currently closed
Dec 3, 2020 | JMW News
Due to the current restrictions in regards to the containment of Covid-19 both museum locations, Museum Dorotheergasse and Museum Judenplatz, have to remain closed until further notice... more | more
Friedrich Torberg and his “Aunt Jolesch”
Dec 1, 2020 | JMW News
Did you know that......Friedrich Torberg’s actual name was Friedrich Kantor? …his mother’s maiden name was Berg and that his pseudonym arose around 1930? …Friedrich Kantor played water polo and was a member of the Hakoah? | more
Helga Pollak-Kinsky (1930-2020)
Nov 25, 2020 | JMW News
The Jewish Museum Vienna mourns the loss of Helga Pollak-Kinsky | more
Viennese in China? Victoria Blitz is surprised
Nov 19, 2020 | JMW News
Viennese in China? Victoria Blitz is surprised | more
Can you play mahjong?
Nov 18, 2020 | JMW News
Since November 2013, the mahjong game that Oskar Rosenzweig brought with him from his exile in Shanghai when he arrived at the Meidling Train Station in February 1947 and was greeted by the Mayor of Vienna Theodor Körner has been in the permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum Vienna | more
What you wouldn’t see otherwise or Tanuki writes a letter
Nov 17, 2020 | JMW News
Dear Mr. Ephrussi, Dear Viktor, you would never have thought that a netsuke, a Japanese something to fasten the sagemono to the kimono belt, would ever write to you, would you?...more | more
Who knows Anna?
Nov 17, 2020 | JMW News
Oliver Rathkolb titled his article in the catalog for the exhibition The Ephrussis. Travel in Time with this question | more
Hedy Mandl at the Opera Ball
Nov 17, 2020 | JMW News
In its second January 1937 issue, the weekly cultural and lifestyle magazine Die Bühne devoted a total of four double pages to reporting on the Vienna Opera Ball | more
Further information for your visit
Nov 17, 2020 | JMW News
Please note the following regulations and measures for your visit | more