Jüdisches Museum

In the location's words:

The Jewish Museum Vienna is one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world and an indispensable place for anyone who wants to understand the history and culture of Viennese Jewry. Vienna was a central place of Jewish life in Europe for centuries, and the museum makes this history visible in all its depth and tragedy.

The main building is located in Palais Eskeles on Dorotheergasse in the 1st district, right in the city center. The permanent exhibition takes visitors through the history of Vienna's Jewish community, from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to its heyday in the 19th century, when Jewish citizens played a key role in shaping the cultural and intellectual life of the city, to its destruction under National Socialism and the new beginning afterwards.

What makes the museum special is the way it deals with this difficult legacy. It not only shows the past, but also poses questions that reach into the present. Special exhibitions address current social issues and place them in a historical context. The museum sees itself as a lively place of debate, not just a museum of remembrance.

The museum network also includes Judenplatz in the 1st district with the museum there and the memorial to the Austrian Jewish Holocaust victims, a quiet, impressive place in the middle of the city.

Easily accessible with the U1 or U3, stop Stephansplatz.