The Jewish Museum is a museum focusing on everything concerning the Jewish community in the Netherlands and worldwide. The museum is housed in four monumental synagogues from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Jewish Museum is located in the heart of the Jewish Cultural Quarter and the former Jewish quarter in Amsterdam. Together with the Portuguese Synagogue, the Hollandsche Schouwburg and the National Holocaust Museum, the Jewish Museum forms the Jewish Cultural Quarter.
You will discover what it was and is like to be Jewish in the Netherlands. The museum is decorated like the house of a Jewish family. The Jewish Museum Junior also introduces children to Jewish life and traditions in a playful way. Here, children can bake bread in a kosher kitchen, learn Hebrew in a study room or make music in a music room. In 3 permanent exhibitions, the Jewish Museum shows different things about the history and culture of Jews in the Netherlands. This is done through paintings, drawings, utensils, photos, films and modern 3D presentations.
Spread across the museum's four locations, you will learn more about Jewish traditions and way of life through a permanent collection of paintings, ceremonial objects and visual and audio material. Various themes and aspects of Judaism are highlighted in changing exhibitions. In short, would you like to learn more about Judaism? Then be sure to visit the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam. As the Jewish Museum is located in the centre of Amsterdam, the parking spaces around it are probably already full. Therefore, it is wise to reserve a parking space at Q-Park Waterlooplein in advance. When you reserve a parking space in advance, you are assured of a parking spot. Q-Park Waterlooplein is a 3-minute walk from the Jewish Museum.
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At Q-Park Waterlooplein, you can park from as little as €6,40 per hour. You are guaranteed a parking space by reserving a parking space in advance. You can quickly and easily drive in based on your license plate, which means you don't have to pass by the pay machine.