# The Jewish Museum

Museum in Upper East Side, New York City, one of On View's top museums there.

- Address: 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128
- Hours: Thu–Mon 11–6, Thu to 8
- Website: https://thejewishmuseum.org
- Instagram: [@thejewishmuseum](https://www.instagram.com/thejewishmuseum/)
- Directions: <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=The%20Jewish%20Museum%2C%201109%20Fifth%20Avenue%2C%20New%20York%2C%20NY%2010128>
- On the map: https://onview.so/manhattan/map/jewish-museum

Next: Ruth Patir: (M)otherland, from Dec 18.

## Exhibitions

### *Sacred Splendor: Jewish Ritual Art and Christian Treasures from St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague*

Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · on view · Floor 2

More than 160 objects pairing reliquaries from Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral with medieval Jewish hoards, Torah ornaments and manuscripts, tracing six centuries of shared sacred art in Central Europe.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/sacred-splendor-jewish-ritual-art-and-christian-treasures-from-st-vitus-cathedral-in-prague/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/sacred-splendor-jewish-ritual-art-and-christian-treasures-from-st-vitus

### *Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte*

Jul 17 – Nov 15, 2026 · on view

More than 200 ceramics, textiles, posters and other objects by about 30 Jewish women artists of Vienna’s Wiener Werkstätte, with a focus on Vally Wieselthier and Felice Rix-Ueno.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/women-of-the-wiener-werkstatte/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/modernity-and-opulence-women-of-the-wiener-werkstatte

### *Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum*

From Oct 24, 2025 · on view · Floors 3–4

Over 200 works from the museum’s collection, from archaeological artifacts and ceremonial objects to modern painting and sculpture, plus a fourth-floor display of more than 130 Hanukkah lamps.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/collection-exhibition-and-center-for-learning-october-2025/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/identity-culture-and-community-stories-from-the-collection-of-the-jewish-museum

### Oded Halahmy: *Models in Wood*

May 29, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027 · on view · Floor 3

Small wooden sculptures, mostly from the 1970s, by the Baghdad-born artist, many made as models for his monumental works, with forms suggesting ladders and windows.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/focus-gallery-oded-halahmy-models-in-wood/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/models-in-wood

### Hannah Altman: *Not a Circle but a Spiral*

Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · on view · Floor 3

Photographs drawing on Jewish ritual and folklore, including new commissioned works, shown alongside treasures from St. Vitus Cathedral and ceremonial objects from the museum’s collection.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/focus-gallery-hannah-altman-not-a-circle-but-a-spiral/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/not-a-circle-but-a-spiral

### Afruz Amighi: *Sounding Shell*

Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · on view · Floor 3

A sculptural installation of steel-framed figures and carved alabaster eyes, teeth and claws, drawing on the Mexica moon goddess Coyolxāuhqui, with a heartbeat soundtrack filling the room.

Full details: [thejewishmuseum.org](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/focus-gallery-afruz-amighi-sounding-shell/)

On On View: https://onview.so/manhattan/jewish-museum/sounding-shell

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On View's listing, as of Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Every gallery and museum in New York City: https://onview.so/manhattan.md. All of On View: https://onview.so/llms.txt