The only museum to present a full survey of Jewish culture,
history and religion in the Netherlands is Amsterdam's Jewish
Historical Museum. Its motto is Seeing leads to remembering,
and remembering leads to doing. The museum's task is to
preserve, manage and present Jewish cultural heritage for as wide a
public as possible.
To meet the challenge of imbuing this historical heritage with
fresh meaning for a contemporary audience, the museum is
continually developing new activities. Numerous projects,
exhibitions, events and plans are constantly being developed to
reach as wide as possible a public, Jewish and non-Jewish, Dutch
and international. The highly successful children's museum, for
example, is seen by every Dutch schoolchild.
While the Jewish Historical Museum is a government subsidised
museum, the government only provides enough funding for the museum
to carry out its basic tasks: keeping the building open and paying
the salaries. Every activity, including all the exhibitions, has to
be financed from other sources. In the future, as the government
becomes less involved, private support will prove indispensable.
With your support, the museum will be able to continue collecting
and exhibiting at the same high level and make a contribution to
cultural education. Gifts and legacies, in the form of art works,
funds or donations will guarantee the continuity of the museum for
the coming generations.
If you want to support the museum, there are several options: