Exhibitions
Since 1976, the Museum has presented over one hundred exhibitions about American Jewish life and culture. Visitors to the Museum are immersed in the diversity of the American Jewish experience and discover the ways in which Jews shaped, and were shaped by, their American home from 1654, when the first Jewish settlers arrived in America, to the present day. Serving a broad range of audiences, our exhibitions explore the rich complexity of the American Jewish community and give voice to diverse of opinions, lifestyles, and beliefs. They tell a story of the choices and challenges Jews have faced as they endeavored to maintain a distinct cultural identity while integrating into the American mainstream.
Current Exhibition
Now Open: Shaping Space, Making Meaning
The new temporary exhibition at the National Museum of American Jewish History, offers visitors the opportunity to learn how a museum creates a major exhibition and at the same time have input into developing the show prior to opening. The NMAJH's exhibition design team is now in the process of creating the 22,000-square-foot exhibition for the new Museum now under construction and scheduled to open in 2010.
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Past Exhibitions
Past Perfect
The Jewish Experience In Early 20th Century Postcards. Send a New Year card to an online friend!
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Galut
These photographic portraits by Mark Berghash tell us that in the Galut (the Hebrew word for Diaspora), Jewish identity has many meanings.
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Holy Land
American encounters with the land of Israel in the century before statehood.
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The Road to Maus
Art Spiegelman's stunning comic-book account of his parents' experiences in the Holocaust was awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
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