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| Welcome! Much has changed since the opening of the museum in 1991: The vivid communication with descendants of Hohenems' Jews all over the world and a collection substantially grown for 15 years makes a difference. We now can present Jewish history from all perspectives in an intimate way. The interest in Jewish history and culture in the region has grown - the museum became a focus of the cultural landscape around lake constance, with an international audience. And our visitors have new contemporary questions toward Jewish history and culture in Europe informed by the experience of new Jewish life, a presence of migration, clashes of identities and globalization. Together with architects Steinmayr & Mascher (Feldkirch and Vienna), designer Roland Stecher (Götzis) and curator Hannes Sulzenbacher (Vienna) we developed a complete new permament show of the museum. The new core exhibtion will change perspectives: - With recently acquired artifacts, documents, photographs and artworks, we will be able to explore Jewish memory and presence more lively than ever. - We will present a multi-focal perspective that will include an in-depth presentation of the inner life of the Jewish community, the personal experience and the diversity of cultural, religious and secular options. - We will show the significance of transnational relations, of migration and networks as a resource for a European future. - We will attract young visitors to review their own world differently by a specially designed children's tour through the exhibition. - We will enable visitors to connect more closely to our subjects by audio-installations with the power of an intimate perception. - We will connect with an international audience by means of a multi-lingual exhibition in English, French and German. - We will present the fields of tensions in Jewish culture and history in a thought-provoking way. We invite you, to rediscover Jewish history and presence in Hohenems. Visit our new permament exhibition! If you want to help us - for you, for our visitors from all over the world - we are grateful for any donation on our accounts: at Dornbirn Sparkasse, IBAN AT 732060200200049971, BIC: DOSPAT2D or Postfinance Switzerland, IBAN CH15 0900 0000 9002 16718, BIC POFICHBEXXX. The Jewish Museum of Hohenems, as a regional museum, remembers the rural Jewish community of Hohenems and its various contributions to the development of Vorarlberg and the surrounding regions. And it confronts contemporary questions of Jewish life and culture in Europe, the diaspora and Israel - questions of the future of Europe between migration and tradition. The museum also deals with the end of the community of Hohenems, the regional Nazi history, the expulsion or deportation of the last members of the community, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Along with these fragmented lines of regional and global history, it is also devoted to the people and their histories and maintains a relationship to the descendants of Jewish families in Hohenems around the world. The permanent exhibition in the Heimann-Rosenthal Villa, which was built in 1864, documents the history of the Jewish community in Hohenems which existed for over three centuries until its destruction during the era of the Nazi regime. The museum offers annually changing exhibitions and an extensive programme of events. Hours of opening Tuesday to Sunday including bank holidays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Jewish Museum Hohenems Heimann-Rosenthal Villa Schweizer Strasse 5, A-6845 Hohenems T (0043) 05576-73989-0 F (0043) 05576-77793 Email: office@jm-hohenems.at office hours Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Admission prices EUR 7,00 CHF 11,40 EUR 4,00 CHF 6,50 reduction rate for students, senior citizens and for Ö1 Club members Free admission for children up to 12 years old Guided tours Museum: per person EUR 9,00 minimum amount for guided tour: EUR 90,00 Museum + quarter: EUR 10,00 minimum amount for guided tour: EUR 100,00 Museum + cemetery: EUR 10,00 minimum amount for guided tour: EUR 100,00 Museum + quarter + cemetery: EUR 11,- minimum amount for guided tour: EUR 110,- School groups: per pupil EUR 2,50 (90 Minutes) |