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In 2012 the Austrian Jewish Museum in
Eisenstadt celebrates 40 years of existence. The entire year’s programme is a
tribute to this anniversary, offering numerous museal innovations. Highlights of
the 2012 anniversary programme are
- the city and street exhibit
“Ver-/Be-gangen” (gone by/gone over) and
- the presentation of a
“Travel Guide to Jewish Burgenland”.
GONE BY/GONE OVER
The “gone by/gone over” project
presents itself as a contemporary city and street exhibition, a museal project
outside of the museal setting. Starting spring 2012 it will make the traces of
Jewish Eisenstadt visible and accessible to Eisenstadt locals and visitors: the
sights of Jewish life are to be highlighted by markings on the ground and
accompanying plaques to weave impulses for commemoration into the Eisenstadt
cityscape. Goal of this project is the public-ation of museal commemorative work
- reprocessing Eisenstadt’s Jewish history in public space, outside of the “laboratory
setting of the museum”.
TRAVEL GUIDE TO JEWISH BURGENLAND
Concerning the anniversary publication the
Austrian Jewish Museam is off to new territory: instead of the usual anniversary
publication it will be presenting a “Travel Guide to Jewish Burgenland”.
This “guide” will take readers to the former Jewish communities in
Burgenland, it invites visitors and anyone interested to discover traces of the
rich traditions of Jewish life in the area. The “Travel Guide to Jewish
Burgenland” will be published in German and English and will be released in
fall.
Apart from that the anniversary year will bring, among other innovations, new
children’s programmes, Hebrew courses, numerous literary and musical events as
well as an extended online appearance which already forms a vital part of the
museum’s identity (blog: http://koschere-melange.at/
, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ojmEisenstadt
, Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JewishMuseumAT
).
The Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt was founded in 1972 as the first Jewish
museum in Austria after 1945 and now is one of the pioneers of the Jewish
Museums in Europe. The initiative for the founding of the museum was on behalf
of the head of the Jewish Studies department at the University of Vienna,
Univ.-Prof. DDr. Kurt Schubert, with support from the Secretary for Culture and
later Chancellor Dr. Fred Sinowatz who, until his death in 2008, would be the
president of the museum’s association.
The Austrian Jewish Museum was lucky
enough to be allowed to move into the Hungarian Head Rabbi Samson Wertheimer’s
private palace in Eisenstadt’s former Judengasse (Jew Street); it is therefore
situated at a site for which Jewish life has been documented since Medievil
times and which has been home to an important Jewish community for over 300
years. The museum and its synagogue pay tribute to the unique Jewish history of
Eisenstadt and its surroundings. Around 1000m² of exhibition space offer an
informative and aesthetic frame for the history, religion and culture of the
upper Austrian Jews, the Burgenland Judaism in particular.
Yesterday the official press release was issued: http://ojm.at/ots
and of course you can catch the latest news on our blog: http://ojm.at/40j
We hope to see you at some event or other during this anniversary year, it will
be our pleasure to have you. Kind regards
Austrian Jewish Museum
A-7000 Eisenstadt
Unterbergstraße 6, POB 67
Tel.: +43 2682 65145
Fax: +43 2682 65145 4
E-Mail: info@ojm.at
Web: http://www.ojm.at/
Koschere Melange - the museum blogs: http://www.ojm.at/blog/
Museum on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JewishMuseumAT
Museum on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ojmEisenstadt
Museum on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ojmEisenstadt
Museum on Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/ojmEisenstadt
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