Judiska Museet

Address

Primary
Själagårdsgatan 19 (Box 2056)
Stockholm
Stockholm
103 12
Sweden

Phone

070-836 04 35

Email

info@judiskamuseet.se

Web

https://judiskamuseet.se/?lang=en

History

In 1987, Viola and Aron Neuman founded the Jewish Museum Foundation with the aim of establishing a museum of Jewish culture and history in Stockholm. Initially, the museum was housed in a former carpet warehouse in Frihamnen. Exhibitions on Jewish life were shown there until 1992, when it moved to Hälsingegatan in central Stockholm. It developed a multifaceted activity with a basic exhibition and temporary exhibitions, seminars and lectures. The museum displayed objects and environments related to Jewish religion, tradition and history. There was a museum theater where multimedia performances and films were shown. In 2016 the museum temporarily closed down its exhibitions to relocate.

In 2019, the museum re-opened on Själagårdsgatan 19 in the Old Town in Stockholm. Between 1795 and 1870, the building housed the city's synagogue.

Geographical and Cultural Context

The museum collections and exhibitions relate to Jewish everyday life, history and religion in Sweden. The temporary exhibitions alternates art, photography and educational exhibitions. The museum has guided tours for visitors and school students who are given tours of the museum's collections and told about Jewish life in Sweden.

Mandates/Sources of Authority

The Jewish Museum is run by a private foundation and is financed partly by its own funds, gifts and donations and partly by public funds.

Building(s)

The building was used as the Stockholm Synagogue 1795-1870; its interior is partly preserved. It has since been used for several purposes. Between 1890-1972 it was used as a police station.

Archival and Other Holdings

The Jewish Museum’s collection consists of objects, photographs, documents, art and archives.

The museum collections include official documents, letters, books, religious artefacts, paintings and porcelain are all part of the collection. As are several archival collections from private individuals, families, organizations and associations. Among these, several relate to the Holocaust.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

The archive is currently being organized and indexed. For an updated index, contact the museum.

Conditions of Access

The archive is generally available for research but only by agreement with the museum.

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Chaim och Fanny Werbels papper
- Chaim och Fanny Werbel's papers
- Judiska Museet
- Chaim och Fanny Werbels papper
- English
- One folder of textual records and photographs.
- Updated 2 weeks ago
The collection contain the German passports of a married older couple, Chaim and Fanny Werbel, with "J" stamps, passport photos of the couple, German ID-cards, and a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Werbel with the obituary of Rosa Lang, an advertisement for workers in the cosmetic industry, and a receipt dated April 8, 1940.
Esther Lamms papper
- Papers of Esther Lamm
- Judiska Museet
- Esther Lamms papper
- English
- 1945
- 0.2 linear metres (2 folders). Textual records, drawings, and photographs.
- Updated 2 weeks ago
The collection consists of two folders containing the psychiatrist Dr. Esther Lamm’s documentation of her work at the Sigtuna hospital for refugees and survivors, who were liberated from Nazi concentration camps and arrived in Sweden with the help of UNRRA and the Swedish Red Cross in 1945. Lamm’s service to the hospital is documented in a certification written in 1945 by the hospital director, attesting to Lamm’s commendable dedication and “motherly care” devoted to her patients. One of the folders consists of documents, while the other consists of photographs from Lamm’s time at the hospi...
Hans Michaelis samling
- Hans Michaeli's collection
- Judiska Museet
- Hans Michaelis samling
- English
- 1935-1967
- 0.1 linear metres (1 large archive box)
- Updated 2 weeks ago
Hans Michaeli’s papers comprise one box of documents covering the period 1935-1967, primarily documents left by his father Wilhelm Michaeli, a German Jewish legal expert, and his work helping refugees for the Jewish Community of Stockholm. However, there is also material concerning Hans’s mother, Sophie Michaeli, and her work as director of the Tullgarn boys’ home in Uppsala. The archive includes various circular letters about raising money for Hjälpfond för Tysklands judar (Relief Fund for the Jews of Germany) (May and November 1933), the Jewish Community of Stockholm’s emergency relief ...
Magda Goldschmidts papper
- Papers of Magda Goldschmidt
- Judiska Museet
- Magda Goldschmidts papper
- English
- 1939-2019
- 0.2 linear metres (2 boxes)
- Updated 2 weeks ago
The collection contains documents relating to Magda Goldschmidt’s personal life, particularly her early life and emigration to Sweden, where a Swedish-Jewish family in Stockholm adopted her. Among the documents is an envelope containing correspondence between Dr Mendelsohn at the orphanage in Berlin where she was living and her future adoptive mother. In another envelope is correspondence between Dr Mendelsohn and both adoptive parents in Stockholm, Israel and Betzy Goldschmidt, from 23 January 1939 to 21 June 1939, about the preparation of Magda’s journey to Sweden. In the envelope, there ...

Judiska Museet

Archival Descriptions

Chaim och Fanny Werbels papper

Esther Lamms papper

Hans Michaelis samling

Magda Goldschmidts papper