Exhibition Archive
Jewish Flavour
21 December 2012 until 5 May 2013A Worldwide Cuisine
The exhibition 'Jewish Flavour, A Worldwide Cuisine' is a journey of discovery into Jewish cuisine, with food as a conveyer of history, tradition, celebration and rituals.
William Kentridge
16 July until 25 November 2012Black Box/Chambre Noire
The JHM’s presentation of Black Box/Chambre Noire is Kentridge’s first exhibition in the Netherlands.
Emmy Andriesse
27 April until 30 September 2012Photographs of Jewish Amsterdam, War and Liberation
The Jewish Historical Museum is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Emmy Andriesse, one of the twentieth century’s leading Dutch photographers.
Else Berg and Mommie Schwarz
23 March until 24 June 2012Artist couple in the Dutch avant-garde
The JHM presents the first exhibition surveying the work of Else Berg and Mommie Schwarz, who were influenced by national and international avant-garde art movements.
Marc Chagall
22 March until 12 September 2012JHM Art Gallery
The JHM, in cooperation with the Triton Foundation, is pleased to display three works by the versatile artist Marc Chagall in the Art Gallery.
Judaism: A World of Stories
17 December 2011 until 15 April 2012Exhibition in De Nieuwe Kerk
With more than five hundred objects on display, this exhibition will tell the fascinating story of three thousand years of Jewish religion, culture, art and history.
My name is Cohen
25 November 2011 until 15 April 2012By Daniel Cohen & Mischa Cohen
An intriguing picture of how the typical Jewish surname Cohen influences the lives of its bearers, Jewish and not Jewish.
Saul Leiter
24 October 2011 until 4 March 2012New York Reflections
Saul Leiter created a unique oeuvre of painterly photographs of street life in New York. His compositions are the most exceptional feature of his work.
Sam Szafran
23 October 2011 until 2 March 2012Pastels on paper
From 23 October 2011 until 2 March 2012 the JHM presents two works by Sam Szafran in the new Art Gallery: Imprimerie Bellini/Printinghouse, from 2006 and L'Escalier, from 1986.
De lens van Spinoza (Spinoza’s Lens)
17 October until 27 November 2011Drawings from a graphic novel by Jaron Beekes
'De lens van Spinoza' tells the turbulent life story of the Netherlands'greatest philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), providing an imaginative introduction to his work.
An encounter in Paris
15 July until 2 October 2011Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Ossip Zadkine
In its new Art Gallery, the JHM presents, in cooperation with the Triton Foundation, four works by Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine, and Ossip Zadkine.
Unguarded Moments
15 July until 13 November 2011Photographs by Marianne Breslauer
The German photographer Marianne Breslauer captured unguarded moments in modern city life. She was part of Man Ray's circle and of the cosmopolitan scene in the 1920's and early 30's.
From Dada to Surrealism
1 June until 2 October 2011Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from Romania
This summer the Jewish Historical Museum is organizing the first survey exhibition of the work of Jewish avant-garde artists from Romania.
The Triumph of Identity
21 March until 3 July 2011Salom Italia's Esther Scrolls and the Dutch Golden Age
During the Dutch Golden Age in Amsterdam, the engraver Salom Italia, a Sephardic Jew born in Mantua in 1619, invented a new style of decoration for the scrolls.
Boris Kowadlo
29 November 2010 until 6 March 2011Photographer between Memory and Future
In the 1940s and 50s, the photographer Boris Kowadlo (1911-1959) compiled a unique visual archive of Jewish life in the Netherlands and Israel.
Out of the Shadows
29 November 2010 until 8 May 2011Jews in the Netherlands after 1945
The Jewish Historical Museum presents a major multimedia exhibition about Jewish life in the Netherlands after the Second World War.
Young & Jewish
29 November 2010 until 30 June 2011Young Jewish people tell their stories
Nine young people aged between 18 and 25 share how they experience their Jewishness. How do they relate to their culture and faith in the Netherlands at the beginning of the twenty...
Changing display case: Exceptional new acquisitions
2 August until 24 October 2010Jewish physician’s personal archive discovered
This JHM will highlight a few of the most exceptional and impressive gifts and purchases, including the recently discovered personal archive of the Jewish medical doctor Andries Bloch.
My Ghetto
2 July until 21 November 2010By Itay Ziv. In the Hollandsche Schouwburg
From 2 July 2010 the Hollandsche Schouwburg will present the video presentation 'My Ghetto', a project by artist Itay Ziv.
Charlotte Salomon
4 June until 14 November 2010A choice made by Jonathan Safran Foer, Bernice Eisenstein, and Ernst van Alphen
Jonathan Safran Foer, Bernice Eisenstein, and Ernst van Alphen have been invited to choose their favourite gouaches from Charlotte Salomon's 'Life? or Theatre?'.
Mayer July
4 June until 7 November 2010Colorful memories of a Polish childhood
The marvellous colours - unaffected, intimate, and laced with humour - are what first draw your attention to Mayer July's work.
Changing Display Case Presentations: Irma Schatz (1949-1984)
3 June until 18 July 2010Gouaches and Drawings
Similar to Mayer Kirshenblatt and Charlotte Salomon, Irma Schatz's artistic approach was very personal: observations of herself and her surroundings.
Daring Patronage
14 February until 16 May 2010From Chagall to Mondrian
From 14 February 2010, the Jewish Historical Museum will examine the lives and collections of three Jewish patrons of the arts between 1885 and 1940: Andries van Wezel, Willem Wolff...
Count Your Blessings
14 February until 24 May 2010Work by Eliyahu Sidi
This spring, the Jewish Historical Museum will present the family exhibition Count Your Blessings: Work by Eliyahu Sidi.
Auschwitz Now
26 January until 31 May 2010Three generations later
Auschwitz now is a gripping personal statement about coming to grips with the Shoah, by a mother and son who each confronted the past in their own way.
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A Master Revealed: Meijer de Haan
13 October 2009 until 24 January 2010This autumn, the Jewish Historical Museum will be mounting the first ever retrospective exhibition devoted to the nineteenth-century painter Meijer de Haan (1852-1895).
Sonia Gaskell
11 September 2009 until 31 January 2010Pioneer of dance
The Jewish Historical Museum and the Theater Instituut Nederland are presenting an exhibition on the life and work of the dancer and choreographer Sonia Gaskell.
- Acquisitions 2004-2009
3 July until 30 August 2009
- Morocco
24 April until 18 September 2009
Photos by Elias Harrus and Pauline Prior
- Sluyser and Sluyser
23 April until 14 June 2009
- Laugh . . . and Forget!
6 March until 21 June 2009
Songs by Jewish artists
- Until the curtain falls
6 March until 21 June 2009
- Photo: Bert Nienhuis
22 December 2008 until 5 April 2009
A Retrospective
- Coloured images
22 December 2008 until 22 February 2009
Palestine photographed by the American Colony Photographers, 1898-1931
- Art of the State
27 June until 30 November 2008
Contemporary Photography and Video Art from Israel
- Hendrik Werkman: The Blue Barge
27 June until 30 November 2008
- Ida Kleiterp
27 June until 30 November 2008
Sculpture Route
- Superheroes and Schlemiels
7 March until 8 June 2008
Jewish Memory in Comic Strip Art
- Kurt Lubinski
7 March until 8 June 2008
Photographer in Exile
- Modern Masterpieces from Moscow
19 October 2007 until 10 February 2008
Russian Jewish Artists 1910-1940
- Sarah Bernhardt
15 June until 16 September 2007
The Art of High Drama
- Charlotte Salomon
15 June until 16 September 2007
Work in Progress
- Robert Capa
23 February until 20 May 2007
Retrospective
- Eva Besnyö
23 February until 20 May 2007
Unknown Photos
- Looted, but from whom?
30 November 2006 until 25 February 2007
in Hollandsche Schouwburg
- The 'Jewish' Rembrandt
10 November 2006 until 4 February 2007
- Satellites
21 July until 8 October 2006
Photographs by Jonas Bendiksen
- Oh, Waterlooplein…
24 June until 4 September 2005
The old Jewish quarter of Amsterdam
- Yevgeny Khaldei, Red Army photographer 1941-1946
18 March until 5 June 2005
- Diaspora: Homelands in Exile
19 September 2004 until 27 February 2005
Photographs by Frédéric Brenner
- YIBANEH!
26 March until 29 August 2004
Jewish Identity in Contemporary Architecture
- What does it mean to be Jewish?
25 January 2004 until 4 September 2005
- Where Mokum is Home
25 June 2000 until 2 October 2005
Children’s Museum
- Exhibitions 1987-2004
3 May 1987 until 19 September 2004
