Jewish Museum Frankfurt

The Jewish Museum of Frankfurt am Main and its branch, the Museum of Jewish street, show history and culture of the Jewish communities in Frankfurt am Main from 12th to the 20th century. The museum was opened on November 9, 1988, the 50th anniversary of the November Pogrom of 1938. Facilities include the Börnegalerie that Oskar and Emilie Schindler Education Center, the Ludwig Meidner Archive, the Commission for the Study of the History of the Jews in Frankfurt as well as a library and media center.

Facilities of the museum

The main point of the museum is housed in two classical burghers' houses on Untermainkai. The house Untermainkai 14 was originally built for the banker Simon Moritz von Bethmann, No. 15 for Joseph Isaac Speyer. The 1846 by Carl Mayer von Rothschild acquired the house No. 14 was known as Rothschild Palace. Both houses came in 1928 in the possession of the city of Frankfurt. After the war, first the seat of the City and University Library, a branch of the Historical Museum was established in them later. The permanent exhibition includes works by Ludwig Meidner and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim and ritual objects from synagogue and at home. The heirs of Harry Fuld restituted paintings Le Mur Rose by Henri Matisse in 2010 was at a nominal price at the Jewish Museum, where it is exhibited as an example of the cultural significance of Jewish patrons and collectors.

In Ludwig Meidner Archive of the Museum is the legacy of the painter Henry Gowa.

The museum Jewish street was built over some 1987 excavated at Börneplatz house foundations of the Frankfurt Jewish quarter, the 1462 established ghettos. The museum documents the history of the Jewish quarter to the de facto abolition of the ghetto compulsion, 1796. Remains of the foundations of the former synagogue Börneplatz are integrated into the museum. It borders the Opened in 1996, Memorial of New Börneplatz.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • On the occasion of 650 anniversary of the Golden Bull was held from September 30 2006 to 14 January 2007, jointly organized by four museums in Frankfurt exhibition The Emperor Makers instead. Here, the Museum Judengasse documented on the basis of archaeological findings especially the role of the Frankfurt Jews as serfs of the emperor.
  • The Frankfurt- born photographer Abe Frajndlich Zeilsheim was dedicated in 2003 an exhibition.
  • In the years 2010 and 2011 in the Rothschild Palace was the exhibition "Else Lasker-Schüler. " To see the pictures and the Museum Judengasse the show Jews in Argentina. Portraits for Two Hundred Years Anniversary - Judios Argentinos. Retratos en el Bicentenario.
  • 2013: Jews. Money. An idea about the relationship between money and Judaism and their historical backgrounds.

Extension

With a decision in principle in December 2011, the City of Frankfurt led to concrete steps to building and expanded the scope of the museum as well as a necessary in many ways redevelopment of the current main location, the Rothschild Palace, a.

For the project, a two-stage architectural competition 2012 was conducted with 20 participants, the 2013 ultimately Staab Architekten won with a revised design. As an extension of the terrain park is provided in the northern port of the Rothschild Palais '.

In the presentation of the winning design in May 2013 stressed museum director Prof. Raphael Gross, the project would mean a significant change for his house. With the enlargement of the permanent exhibition of 600 to 1,010 m² and the temporary exhibition area of ​​240 to 600 m² repositioning of the museum was possible. The new building would stress the palace, which he described as the " largest exhibit of the museum ." The museum wanted to dedicate future also the Jewish deportations before and after 1939. That is not so far been possible.

Above all, the extension enables the Museum, a Frank family set up in cooperation with the Anne Frank -Fonds center, the example of the family of Anne Frank would like to illustrate the history of the Jews in Frankfurt since the modern era. At the device should a permanent exhibition, an archive and a teaching center include.

Under the current plan ( May 2013) of the new museum part is to be opened in spring 2017, the renovated old building about half a year later. The project is subject to approval by the city council.

Others

Together with the Fritz Bauer Institute operates the project www.vor - the - holocaust.de the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.

Oskar Schindler Mayer Carl von Rothschild Historical Museum, Frankfurt Frankfurter Judengasse Golden Bull of 1356 Schutzjude Palais Rothschild Integrated Authority File
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