The first Jewish museum in the United States, as well as the oldest existing Jewish museum in the world, The Jewish Museum contains among the largest collection of art and Jewish culture with more than 30,000 objects. Originally established in 1904 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the museum opened to the public until 1947. The Jewish Museum focuses on both on artifacts of Jewish history and on modern and contemporary art. The museum’s collection exhibition, Scenes from the Collection, is supplemented by multiple temporary exhibitions each year.
