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In Vienna, updated Freud Museum slips in an exhibition space and Holocaust memorial
By Rich Blaustein
Beset by challenges during the pandemic, the half-century-old institution is seeing new life after expanding its focus and seeking out younger visitors with a massive renovation
Sigmund Freud's visitors' room couch. (Hertha Hurnaus/ Sigmund Freud Privatstiftung)
June 24, 2023, 6:51 am
In Vienna, updated Freud Museum slips in an exhibition space and Holocaust memorial
Beset by challenges during the pandemic, the half-century-old institution is seeing new life after expanding its focus and seeking out younger visitors with a massive renovation
By Rich Blaustein
The Jewish Museum London. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 5, 2023, 11:54 pm
London Jewish Museum to close Camden campus with plans to relocate within 5 years
The Albert Street premises will close its doors at the end of next month, with the bulk of its collection of more than 40,000 objects going into storage
By Jenni Frazer
Denis Weil, director of the Israel Museum, one year after taking on the job in March 2022, in the sculpture garden he remembers visiting as a 10-year-old (Courtesy Elie Posner)
May 20, 2023, 7:45 am
Israel Museum enters new phase with new director Denis Weil
Nation’s largest cultural institution looks to reach new audiences including Arab and Haredi communities, create new programming and develop new tech
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors tour ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 8, 2023, 1:53 pm
Museums open doors for free to mark International Museum Day
Free access granted to exhibits, workshops and tours, in an event timed to coincide with the school Lag B’Omer vacation
By Jessica Steinberg
A staircase that looks as if it's floating, at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2023, 12:07 pm
Tolerance Museum, a ‘people’s parliament,’ will partially open in mid-May
More than 20 years in the making, the imposing facility in downtown Jerusalem will start with a photo exhibit, as works continue on the high-tech museum elements
By Sue Surkes
Winter sunlight fills the Armenian Museum in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
January 16, 2023, 4:25 pm
Jerusalem museum showcasing Armenian history reopens after 5-year renovation
Mardigian Museum in Old City features the rich culture and travails of a community that has maintained a continuous presence in holy city even as rulers have come and gone
By Ilan Ben Zion
Costumes from productions that originated at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater on display at the Museum of Broadway. (New York Jewish Week via JTA)
December 19, 2022, 6:56 am
7 Jewish highlights from the new Museum of Broadway
In a three-story tribute to the Theater District located in its heart, the majority of featured musicals and plays bear the mark of the Tribe, from Tony Kushner to Stephen Sondheim
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria in the 1960s. (PMO)
December 12, 2022, 4:32 pm
Mossad head reveals how Syria found Eli Cohen, discloses spy’s final message
Inaugurating museum named for legendary secret agent, Barnea says Cohen was caught because his cables were ‘intercepted and triangulated,’ not because he transmitted too frequently
By Tobias Siegal
The facade of the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, replicates the front half of Titanic's exterior at 50 percent of the actual size, as does the Titanic Museum in Branson, Missouri. (Marshall Weiss/ Dayton Jewish Observer)
September 24, 2022, 8:49 am
Titanic Jewish Experience offers a moving tribute to the liner’s Jewish history
Located in Pigeon Forge, the Titanic Museum’s exhibit on Jewish passengers and crew highlights the role of immigration at the time, while drawing a direct line to the Holocaust
By Marshall Weiss
The painting at center, 'The Rape of Tamar,' was sold by a Jewish family under duress in Germany in the 1930s. Seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, August 20, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 2, 2022, 6:23 am
New York law on Nazi-looted art aims to shine light on lesser-known Holocaust evil
Amid widespread ignorance about genocide, state law requiring museums to label plundered art will inform public and pressure museums, but implementation remains unclear
By Luke Tress
A door handle in the shape of pi is seen at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York, December 17, 2012. The museum is aimed at kids aged 8 to 13, and curators have given the place a playground feel. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
March 16, 2022, 1:44 pm
NY exhibit of geometric drawings by Jewish inventor adds it all up
Show of 37 pieces by 95-year-old artist, author, Holocaust survivor and toy and puzzle creator Ivan Moscovich at MoMath brings new audience to Shoah history
By Lisa Keys
Young visitors enjoy clambering over an old engine at ICL's new Moshe Novomieski Visitors and Heritage Center at Sdom, southern Dead Sea, on January 20, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 18, 2022, 8:06 am
At Dead Sea museum, chemical firm evokes past pioneers as it bids to keep mining
With movies and virtual reality, guided tour through reconstructed huts combines Zionist history with ICL’s push for renewal of mineral extraction license
By Sue Surkes
A view of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Izmir, Turkey, in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 15, 2022, 5:07 am
Izmir synagogue restoration project reveals dazzling history of onetime Diaspora gem
Nine Jewish houses of worship will open to the public in a neighborhood housing one of the largest open markets in the world, with tourists from Europe and beyond
By David I. Klein
Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam tours the museum with Nash Benjamin, center, the president of Singapore’s Jewish Welfare Board, and the Chief Rabbi of Singapore Mordechai Abergel. (Jewish Welfare Board of Singapre/ via JTA)
January 9, 2022, 12:23 am
A new museum tells the story of Singapore’s Jews, starting with their Baghdad roots
Countless landmarks in the city pay homage to the contributions and rich 200-year history of the small Jewish community, which now has a place to showcase its achievements
By Jordyn Haime
The outside of the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan. (Talmoryair/Wikipedia, CC-BY-SA-3.0)
January 2, 2022, 11:55 am
Artists feud with Ramat Gan museum over painting removed for slur against Haredim
Dozens of artists demand their works be removed until exhibit by David Reeb — captioned ‘Jerusalem of gold, Jerusalem of shit’ alongside photo of ultra-Orthodox man — is returned
By ToI Staff
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