Jewish Museum in Prague

Jewish Museum in Prague
Židovské muzeum v Praze
The Jewish Museum in Prague is housed in a functionalist building, which was a former hospital adjacent to the Spanish Synagogue, one of the houses of worship in the synagogue's collection.
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Established1906 (1906)
LocationMaiselova 15, Prague 1, Czech Republic, 110 00
Coordinates50°05′25″N 14°25′16″E / 50.090336°N 14.421119°E / 50.090336; 14.421119
Websitehttp://www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/info/visit/

The Jewish Museum in Prague (Czech: Židovské muzeum v Praze) is a museum of Jewish heritage in the Czech Republic and one of the most visited museums in Prague.[1] Its collection of Judaica is one of the largest in the world, about 40,000 objects, 100,000 books, and a copious archive of Czech Jewish community histories.

  1. ^ "Návštěvnost muzeí a galerií v krajích ČR v roce 2012" (PDF). Centrum informací a statistik kultury. 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.