Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

About

The oldest independent Jewish Museum in the Federal Republic of Germany sees itself as a historical museum that uses Jewish history in Bavarian Swabia to establish links to current social issues. It is a place where aspects of migration, integration, homeland and culture are discussed from the perspective of a minority. And it is a place where it is shown that diversity is neither a threat nor an enrichment, but normality. Our permanent exhibition is housed in the Halderstraße synagogue building in the city center. A visit to the exhibition also includes a look inside the magnificent synagogue, which was inaugurated in 1917 and is used by the Jewish community. Our second location in the former Kriegshaber synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue in Bavarian Swabia, was opened in 2014 and shows in a very special way that the Jewish history of Augsburg cannot be told without that of the rural communities in Swabia.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes