Jewish Museum Berlin

Jewish Museum Berlin

Jüdisches Museum Berlin
The Kollegienhaus (1735) and Libeskind-Bau (1992)
Established	2001
Location	Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Coordinates	52°30′07″N 13°23′42″E / 52.502°N 13.395°E / 52.502; 13.395
Type	Jewish museum
Director	Hetty Berg
Architect	Daniel Libeskind
Website	www.jmberlin.de/en

The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres (38,000 square feet) of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography. It consists of three buildings, two of which are new additions specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind. German-Jewish history is documented in the collections, the library and the archive, and is reflected in the museum's program of events.

From its opening in 2001 to December 2017, the museum had over eleven million visitors and is one of the most visited museums in Germany.

Opposite the building ensemble, the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin was built – also after a design by Libeskind – in 2011/2012 in the former flower market hall. The archives, library, museum education department, a lecture hall and the Diaspora Garden can all be found in the academy.^[1]