Jewish Museum (Manhattan)

The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum is housed in the Felix M. Warburg House.
Jewish Museum (Manhattan) is located in Manhattan
Jewish Museum (Manhattan)
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Established1904
Location1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates40°47′7.4″N 73°57′25.9″W / 40.785389°N 73.957194°W / 40.785389; -73.957194
TypeArt Museum
ArchitectC. P. H. Gilbert
Public transit accessSubway: "4" train"5" train"6" train"6" express train at 86th Street
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M86
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The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along the Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The first Jewish museum in the United States, as well as the oldest existing Jewish museum in the world, it contains the largest collection of art and Jewish culture excluding Israeli museums, more than 30,000 objects.[1] While its collection was established in 1904 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the museum did not open to the public until 1947 when Felix Warburg's widow sold the property to the Seminary.[2] It focuses both on artifacts of Jewish history and on modern and contemporary art. The museum's collection exhibition, Scenes from the Collection, is supplemented by multiple temporary exhibitions each year.[3]

  1. ^ "The Jewish Museum History". The Jewish Museum. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Felix Warburg Mansion" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 24, 1981. LP-1116. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Exhibitions". Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2011.