Jewish Museum Munich

The Jewish Museum Munich, or *Jüdisches Museum*, opened to the public on 22 March 2007 and now anchors Munich’s new Jewish Center at Sankt-Jakobs-Platz. It was built from 2004 onward, part of a municipal project run by the city of Munich, and designed by Wandel Lorch Götze Wach (including architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch). The museum sits in a deliberately close civic neighborhood: it is positioned between the main Ohel Jakob synagogue and the Jewish Community Center, which houses the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria—with spaces including a public elementary school, kindergarten, youth center, a community auditorium, and a kosher restaurant. Today, the building’s cube-like form reflects the museum’s purpose: to bring Jewish history into everyday public life through changing exhibitions, a learning center, and a library. …

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