Jewish Museum of Sweden

Jewish Museum i Stockholm
Judiska Museet

Exterior on Hälsningegatan/Odengatan
Established 1987
Visitors 13 499 (2013)[1]
Director Yvonne Jacobsson
Website www.judiska-museet.se

The Jewish Museum of Sweden (in Swedish: Judiska Museet) in Stockholm, Sweden,[2] is devoted to objects and environments related to Jewish religion, tradition, and history, particularly in connection to Judaism in Sweden.[3][4] The museum opened in 1987 and since 1992 is housed in a building designed by Ragnar Östberg and built in the years 1929–1931.

The Jewish Museum was founded by Viola and Aaron Neuman and was inaugurated in 1987 by the Minister of Culture Bengt Goransso. In 1994, the museum became the first recipient of the Swedish Museum Association prize Museum of the Year.[5]

References

  1. "Museer 2013" (PDF). Kulturfakta / Myndigheten för kulturanalys ; 2014:1. Stockholm: Myndigheten för kulturanalys. 2014. p. 28. ISBN 9789187046155.
  2. "Jewish Museum Stockholm". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. "The Jewish Museum". This is Stockholm – www.visitstockholm.com. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. "Jewish Museum in Stockholm". www.government.se. Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. "Årets museum (Museum of the Yesr)". Retrieved 23 August 2016.

Coordinates: 59°20′29″N 18°02′38″E / 59.3415°N 18.0440°E / 59.3415; 18.0440

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