Jewish Heritage Europe

Austria: Mazel tov to the Jewish Museum Hohenems — recipient of the 2022 Austrian Museum Prize!

Participants in the 2013 conference of the Association of European Jewish Museums outside the Jewish Museum in Hohenems. Photo courtesy of the AEJM ©Dietmar Walser

(JHE) — Mazel tov to the Jewish Museum Hohenems, which has received the Austrian Museum Prize 2022! The €20,000 prize is awarded annually by the Museum Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports (BMKÖS) for … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Autumn 2022 Grant Programmes

Applications are open for the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe’s Autumn 2022 grant programmes. Applications are welcome in several categories, with the Applications Deadline September 12, 2022: Archives and Libraries The following areas are supported: Conservation and Preservation Inventories and Cataloguing … continue reading →

Italy: Culture Ministry allocates grant for ongoing renovation work at Venice Jewish museum and three 16th century synagogues

Italy’s Culture Ministry has allocated €1.65 million toward the ongoing renovation work at the Venice Jewish museum and three 16th century synagogues in in the historic Venice Ghetto. The grant comes as part of a €106 million package for nearly … continue reading →

Czech Republic: the Prague Jewish Museum reports a stark operational crisis due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and skyrocketing costs. Last year visitors were down around 80 percent from 2019

In its current Newsletter, the Prague Jewish Museum presents a stark summation of how the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the war in Ukraine and associated economic and energy crisis have affected the Museum and its operation. With visitors in 2021 … continue reading →

Poland: Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim launches online digital catalogue of all of its holdings

The Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland were the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, has launched a digital catalogue of its collection that makes information about its thousands of items available online.  The museum — … continue reading →