Joods Historisch Museum

The Joods Historisch Museum, located in Amsterdam's Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum dedicated to Jewish history, culture, and religion in the Netherlands and across the world. It is the Netherlands' sole museum dedicated to Jewish history.

The Joods Historisch Museum first opened its doors on February 24, 1932, in the Waag (Weighing House) on Nieuwmarkt square. The museum was forced to close after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and much of the collection was destroyed. In 1955, the museum reopened its doors. It relocated to a new location in 1987, taking over four old synagogues on Jonas Daniel Meijerplein plaza, across the street from the Snoge or Portuguese Synagogue. The museum got the Council of Europe Museum Prize in 1989, for a combination of the presentation of the collection and the outer aspect of the buildings.

Location: Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: jck.nl