NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Jewish culture from art to artifacts is the focus here. Kids can dig in at the permanent area for them, Archaeology Zone: Discovering Treasures from Playgrounds to Palaces. The museum has many family events each month.

Devoted to exploring the scope and diversity of Jewish culture, the Jewish Museum was founded in 1904 as a branch of the Jewish Theological Seminary to preserve, study and interpret Jewish cultural history through the use of art and artifacts, thus linking both Jews and non-Jews to a rich body of values and traditions. Today, the museum's permanent collection of more than 27,000 objects—including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, ethnographic material, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects and broadcast media materials—is the largest and most important of its kind in the world.

The museum serves an audience of all religious and cultural backgrounds. Each of its programs, exhibitions, collections, educational activities and publications is related to aspects of Jewish culture—religious, historical, artistic, ethnographic or philosophical—and at the same time explores broad humanistic or aesthetic concerns.

• Landmark Status
• Directions: Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street

• ADA Compliant Restrooms
• Audio Guides: Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, the Museum's permanent exhibition is accompanied by a series of free thematic, random access audio guides using MP3 technology, including a Director’s Highlights Tour with The Jewish Museum’s Director Joan Rosenbaum and WNYC Radio’s Brian Lehrer. Audio guides are also available for selected temporary exhibitions, for $5.
• Coat Check
• Disability Access: Fully accessible; ramp at main entrance. Wheelchairs available.
• Disability Assistance: Access tours and programs are free of charge, but require advance registration. Contact the Scheduling and Access Coordinator at (212) 423-3225, TTY (212) 660-1515 or e-mail access@thejm.org.
  Hearing: Assistive listening devices, neckloops and headsets available for exhibitions. Infrared listening system available for public programs. Sign-language interpreted group tours.
  Vision: Large-print materials, touch tours and verbal imaging tours. A tactile book can be used in the galleries by people who read Braille.
• Gift Shops: Books, catalogs, audio and video tapes, children's items
• On-Site Food: Cafe Weissman serves cafeteria fare.
• Space Rental: The Jewish Museum offers outstanding rental spaces in a Museum Mile landmark. Housed in the former Warburg Mansion and designed as a French Gothic chateau, our elegant rooms can accommodate a wide range of events. Private viewings of our world class exhibitions enhance all occasions.
• Special Education
• Tours

Get involved with Jewish Museum

• Donations through NYCharities.org
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Memberships