The Jewish Museum in Hohenems, Austria is seeking a new director to replace its longtime director Hanno Loewy, who will retire at the end of March 2026. Deadline for submitting applications is July 31.
Among the Requirements are:
— A university degree, preferably in the areas of history, cultural studies, Jewish studies or related humanities, and a well -founded knowledge of Jewish history and culture and their social relevance.
— Experience in a leading position in a museum or a comparable cultural or other body; strong management, team and management skills, social, diversity and gender skills.
— Experience in budgeting and management, as well as in strategic project development.
— Experience in the conception and implementation of critical exhibition and mediation formats and in dealing with different target groups.
— Excellent spoken and written German and English. Knowledge of a Jewish language is an advantage.
Click to see the full Call for Applications, with full requirements
Candidates should send their application by email by July 31,.2025 to bewerbung-hohenems.at .
For further information, please contact Sigrid Dieing, Human Resources Officer of the City of Hohenems (tel. 0043-5576/7101-124). The City of Hohenems is assisting in filling the position.
Click to see the announcement on the museum web site
Hohenems is a small town in the far west of Austria near the Swiss border. Jews settled there more than 400 years ago and formed a lively community. Today, few Jews live in either Hohenems or the surrounding Austrian region of Voralberg, but the Jewish museum, former synagogue, mikvah, Jewish quarter in general, and Jewish cemetery bear testament to its past.
The Jewish Museum in Hohenems was opened in 1991 in the Heimann-Rosenthal villa in the center of the town’s former Jewish quarter.
Its permanent exhibition centers on the history of the local Jewish community up to (and after) its destruction during the Nazi era, and it programs special temporary exhibitions as well as an extensive program of events. The museum also maintains a close relationship with the descendants of Jewish families from Hohenems around the world.
Hanno Loewy has been director since 2004 — he wrote a Have Your Say essay for JHE in 2016.
The museum received the Austrian Museum Prize in 2022.
The prize said:
The Jewish Museum Hohenems is a small historical museum in a small community in the far west of Austria. However, the significance of the museum extends far beyond the town or region. The museum tells the story of a diaspora community, but does not remain in the past, but rather takes up current topics and questions in its exhibitions that one should also ask in far-off places. […]
The Museum Hohenems is a courageous museum that doesn’t mince words, likes to raise provocative questions, and is open to discourse with all interested parties. The importance of the Jewish Museum Hohenems for the Austrian museum landscape is undisputed.