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With only a few hours before we had to return to Central Station and catch our train to Brussels, we decided to visit this museum as we hadn't been before and it was within easy walking distance of our hotel.
The sign outside says "free entrance" and that will get you as far as the small cafe (selling typical Jewish (Kosher) food) .... to actually get in the museum it's 3E.
We only really had time to visit the downstairs of the building which focuses on Jewish beliefs and practises and stencil our names in Hebrew. It was interesting enough but I would like to see the upstairs next time which is more about the social history of Jews in Amsterdam and their roles in industry.
The museum is housed in what were once four Ashkenazi synagogues dating from the 17th century.
Open 11-5pm - and it is closed on Yom Kippur. Leave a Comment
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I visited Jewish Historical Museum after Hortus. They are very close to each other.
The building had been a synagogue. I climbed the stairs and came into a big hall. There is a covered rectangular section in the middle of the hall. Objects of Jewish daily life were being presented there. On the walls there were video recordings of the WW II era. I mostly impressed by the arrangement of object-video-story combination in this hall. There were benches to sit and every bench has a touchpad TV and an object like a suitcase, a barrel, etc. After I sat the bench with the suitcase with a name in big letters on it, I learned its story. It was one of the suitcases that Jews had been allowed to bring with them to the concentration camps. On the TV you can watch a review with the owner of the object or a relative. I learned that the barrel had been used to store pickles of cabbage. It had been a famous product of Jewish District. On the TV set I watched an old man’s childhood memories about the pickles. He told that he’d used to buy pickles when he’d got money. This review had been recorded in the streets I’d walked before I came to this museum. He told that he was searching for years the secondhand objects in the open bazaar for the hope of finding something which belonged to his family.
The following hall has some painting of Jozef Israëls’. Also it tells the story of Jews in Amsterdam. The hall under this one has a collection about religious life and traditions of Jews. You can learn some details of marriage ceremonies, mourning, etc. in this hall. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay here as much as I wanted.
Then I'd a chance to see The Jewish Rembrandt exhibition here. Since 2006 was the Rembrandt’s 400th birthday, there had been many exhibitions with different themes. (I visited one of them in Istanbul Pera Museum.) I think this was the last exhibition of Rembrandt 400.
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Religion, culture and history of the Jews in the Netherlands and in general are central in this museum. Leave a Comment Phone: +31-20-6269945Directions: Near to Waterlooplein and the Portuguese SynagogueWebsite: http://www.jhm.nl
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They also have often special exhibitions, at the moment there is an incredible exhibition about Marc Chagall.
Just vist their website for a taste. Leave a Comment Phone: +31 20626 99 45Directions: Across from Waterloo plein (fleamarket) about 5 minutes from the Rembrant House.Website: http://www.jhm.nl/home.htm
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This museum documents and shows the history of Jewish people in Amsterdam. It starts with showing how Jewish people arrived in Amsterdam and there struggle to be accepted in to Dutch society over nearly 500 years. There is naturally a large display on the Jewish peoples hard times in World War 2 and moving film of deportations. In one elderly people actually wave and smile at the camera who had no idea of their fate and another shows a train made up of cattle trucks leaving the Westerbork transit camp - the woman next to me was in tears as she watched.
Equally harrowing was the sight as an exhibit of an orange dress that belonged to a little girl who died in a concentration camp.
There was a special exhibition of Jewish pre-war entertainers many of who died in the Holocaust.
The synagogue is a beautiful part of the museum but only go if you are prepared for what you are to see.
I paid 9 euros admittance for the museum only and did not realise this did not include the synagogue but no one questioned me when I went in.
There is a cafe , clean rest rooms and a research area. Disabled friendly. Leave a Comment
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Leave a Comment Phone: +31 20 626 99 45Directions: tram 9, stop Waterlooplein tram 14, stop Waterlooplein metro, stop Waterlooplein, Nieuwe Amstelstraat exitWebsite: www.jhm.nl Other Contact: info@jhm.nl
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Fascinating museum in what used to be 4 synagogues in Amsterdam's old Jewish quarter. Tells the story of Amsterdam's once very large Jewish community. During my visit there was also an amazing photo exhibition of the works of the Russian soldier who took famous photo of the Soviet flag being raised over the Reichstag in Berlin. Leave a Comment
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