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Most visitors to New York tend to visit the better known art museums like the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Musuem of Art, or the Museum of Natural History, but there’s one museum that shouldn’t be missed, The Jewish Museum, which is one of the world’s most important institutions, located at 1109 Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street. The museum was originally the residence of Frieda Schiff Warburg. A sculpture court was installed alongside the Mansion and the Albert A. List Building was added in 1963 providing additional exhibitions and programs. In 1989, another expansion took place which doubled the Museum’s gallery space. This location, which is along New York’s Museum Mile is convenient to many hotels located on the same street along side elegant residential homes.

The Jewish Museum besides the continual presentsof large temporary exhibitions with an interdisciplinary nature like employing a mixture of art and artifacts interpreting through a looking glass of social history that allows one to explore the important ideas and topics, has a distinguished collection and has developed the concept to preserve, study and interpret Jewish cultural history with the use of authentic art and artifacts. The permanent collection, which has continually grown, includes sculptures, paintings, photographs, works on paper, archaeological artifacts, ethnographic material, ceremonial objects, numismatics and broadcast media materials; this collection of well over 26,000 objects is considered the largest and most important of its kind in the entire world.

Ever since it’s inception in 1904, The Jewish Museum has illuminated the Jewish experience, demonstrating both religious and secular strength of the Jewish community and their culture. It’s truly an unmatched collection with unique exhibitions that offers a wide range of opportunities to explore multiple aspects of the past to the present day. Not only is it a great educational venue for today and future generations, it’s also an inspirational testament to the people of any culture and beliefs.