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Joods Historisch Museum / Bibliotheek en Media Centrum

Jewish Historical Museum / Library and Multimedia Centre

Size 14,000 books, 100 current and 60 discontinued periodicals; sections of art-historical interest 3,600 books
Character and emphasis In 1987 The Jewish Historical Museum, established in 1980 as an off-shoot of the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, moved into what had formerly been four seventeenth- and eighteenth-century synagogues in the heart of the old Jewish quarter of Amsterdam. It documents all aspects of the history of the Jewish population of the Netherlands, and of Jewish religion, art and popular culture more in general. The resource centre, including the library, reflects this interest. Of particular art-historical relevance are the sections documenting ceremonial and religious art, works of Jewish artists, the history and iconology of Jewish art in general, and Jewish architecture (in particular synagogues).

Special collections

• A collection of monographs on Marc Chagall (150 titles)
• Some 30 facsimile editions of Jewish illuminated manuscripts
• Exhibition and auction catalogues of Judaica and Hebraica
• Audiovisual media (Jewish music, religion and popular culture)
• Visual documentation (photographs, slides, videos) mostly illustrating Jewish history

• Automated catalogue of the Multimedia Centre and of the museum collection
• The book, audio-visual and music collections are on the Internet