Jewish Museum in Prague - Židovské muzeum v Praze - Informační centrum

The Jüdisches Museum in Prague" emerged from the "Association for the Establishment and Preservation of the Jüdisches Museum in Prague" from 1906.

The Jewish Museum Association was founded in 1906 by the historian Salomon Hugo Lieben (1881-1942) and JUDr. August Stein (1854-1937) and was originally a private institution supported by the Jewish community of Prague.

After the complete annexation of the countries of the First Czechoslovak Republic by Nazi Germany and the establishment of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the museum association was dissolved in the fall of 1939 and the museum collection was taken over by the Prague Jewish community.

In 1942, the Jewish community initiated the founding of the so-called Central Jewish Museum at Jáchymova 3 through the head of the Department of Local Affairs, Karel Stein. The Nazis approved the project

After the end of the Second World War and the communist takeover in 1948, the museum was nationalized and operated under the name of the State Museum of Jüdia. After the political change in 1989 and the return of the Jewish community, the synagogues were restituted in 1994 and handed over to Prague's Jewish community. The collection was handed over to the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic (Federace židovských obcí v ČR) as a non-governmental organization. The museum was re-established under the Czech name „Židovské muzeum v Praze“. 

The museum comprises several historic synagogues, including the Maisel, Pinkas, Klausen and Spanish Synagogues, as well as the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Ceremonial Hall. It houses one of the world's largest collections of Jewish cultural assets, including around 40,000 objects, 100,000 books and extensive archives on the history of the Jewish communities in Bühmen and Mühren.