Jewish Museum Hohenems
The Jewish Museum Hohenems is a regional museum in Vorarlberg, Austria, opened in 1991 in the historic Villa Heimann-Rosenthal. Its permanent exhibition traces the rural Jewish community of Hohenems from its beginnings to its destruction under National Socialism, and follows the diaspora of its descendants. Changing exhibitions and an extensive programme extend that history to Jewish life in Europe today, migration and the questions facing a diverse society.
Now on view
2 exhibitions
Jewish Orientalists. Scholars and Adventurers in Search of the Self in the Other
With this exhibition devoted to the “Morgenländer” we are looking at the emergence of Oriental studies in the 19th century and will make a surprising discovery: the development of Islamic studies, Arabic studies and…
The History of the Jews of Hohenems. From the Middle Ages to the Present
The permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum Hohenems in the Heimann-Rosenthal Villa tells the story of the Jewish community from its beginnings in the 17th century to the end after 1938. The exhibits tell of a life…
