The Jewish
Museum
in Prague

Prague Museum Night on June 14!

June 4, 2025 - This year's holiday for all museum lovers (and not only) takes place on Saturday, June 14, and the Jewish Museum in Prague will not be missing either.

The Maisel Synagogue will be open from 9:30 PM to 12:00 PM. Visitors will be able to see the building with the exhibition Jews in the Czech Lands - 10th - 18th centuries both individually and as part of a guided tour. Children can have fun completing tasks with a special worksheet. There is no risk of boredom even while waiting in line - we have prepared a thematic knowledge quiz, the winner of which will receive 5 free tickets to the museum.

And to top it all off, there will be sales of designer T-shirts, discounts on admission fees, and projections of historical photographs. In short, whoever enters will definitely not be left out! We look forward to seeing you!

You can find more about the entire event at prazskamuzejninoc.cz.

WE STAND WITH YOU

May 22, 2025 - On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, two young Israeli embassy employees were senselessly shot and killed outside the newly opened Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. They lost their lives after participating in a diplomatic event in front of the new museum. We join the Jewish Museums Association in expressing our deepest condolences to the families of the victims - Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy. We stand with you.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

THE BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF JEWS IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK LANDS

Macrh 31, 2025 - The Jewish Museum in Prague – in co-operation with the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews (www.shcsj.org) and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York – invites applicants to submit their topic proposals for the Bohemian National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands. This call is open to scholars from different disciplines working on a variety of topics centred around Jewish history and culture in the Czech lands, Slovakia and in the other regions of the former Habsburg Monarchy from the Middle Ages to the present.

The lecture will be given in English and will be connected with a stay in New York between November 17–23, 2025. Depending on the lecturer’s area of expertise, the organizers may also arrange additional presentations at one of New York’s universities. Please send your application with CV, including a list of your publications or research activities, and a 500-600 word summary of the proposed lecture in English (attached in two separate files) by email to annuallecture.ny@jewishmuseum.cz. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2025. The winning proposal will be selected by the Board of Directors of the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews in collaboration with the Jewish Museum in Prague. The result will be announced by August 15, 2025.