Get involved in our activities

The Jewish Museum in Prague serves as a center of knowledge and creativity for the general public, providing unique activities through which you can understand the past, experience the present, and think about the future. You too can get involved in our work.

There are many ways to help us preserve, document, and provide access to the millennial legacy of the Jewish presence in the heart of Europe. Every contribution makes a difference. Your donation will be tax-deductible and will have an immediate impact. Thank you!

For more information, please contact development@jewishmuseum.cz.

Current project: Renovation of the Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Burial Society

Timeline

July 2024 – 2nd half of 2026


Project objectives

  • Reconstruction of this important Neo-Romanesque building
  • Removal of insensitive structural modifications; provision of access to the previously closed basement
  • Creation of a new exhibition on Jewish funeral customs and on the radical transformation of Prague’s Jewish Town (Josefov), during which the Ceremonial Hall was built and which provided the impetus for founding the 

Budget

Phase 1: construction and restoration work – CZK 4,567,564
Phase 2: creation and installation of the exhibition – under preparation


About the building

The Neo-Romanesque Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Burial Society, which is located next to the Old Jewish Cemetery, is an important heritage building in the historic center of Prague, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. It was built in 1908 to a design by the architect Jan Gerstl on the site of the burial society’s earlier building. It served its original purpose, i.e. to care for the deceased members of the Prague Jewish community, only until the beginning of the 1920s. In 1926, the burial society leased the building to the Jewish Museum, which still uses it today.


Already decided to suport the project? You can do so immediately via DARUJME.CZ. Thank you!

U.S: donors

The Jewish Museum in Prague gives U.S. donors an option of making a tax-deductible contribution via Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association, a U.S. tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. To use this option, please contact development@jewishmuseum.cz for additional information.

Other support options


You can become involved in our activities in various ways:

1) By donating documents or audiovisual materials relating to the history and culture of the Jewish population in the area of what is now the Czech Republic;

2) By providing a financial donation to support our work, which includes:
  • preserving and exhibiting one of the largest collections of Judaica in the world
  • caring for the immovable heritage of Prague's Jewish Town
  • educational programs
  • specialist research
  • organizing cultural events;

3) Join our Society of Friends.
 
If you would like to share any specific ideas, or to discuss or learn more about all the available options, please contact development@jewishmuseum.cz.

 

 

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