Yeshiva University Museum

Yeshiva University Museum
The Yeshiva University Museum in the Center for Jewish History on 16th Street in Manhattan
Location within New York City
Location	15 West 16th Street, New York City, New York
Coordinates	40°44′17″N 73°59′38″W / 40.738056°N 73.993889°W / 40.738056; -73.993889Coordinates: 40°44′17″N 73°59′38″W / 40.738056°N 73.993889°W / 40.738056; -73.993889
Public transit access	Subway: 14th Street – Union Square
Website	www.yumuseum.org

The Yeshiva University Museum is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Along with the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, it is a member organization of the Center for Jewish History, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate located in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood.

History and mission

The museum was founded in 1973. Its mission is to celebrate the culturally diverse intellectual and artistic achievements of 3,000 years of Jewish experience. The museum aims to provide a window into Jewish culture around the world and throughout history through multi-disciplinary exhibitions and publications. Following the retirement of Sylvia A. Herskowitz, Dr. Jacob Wisse was appointed the museum’s director on February 26, 2009.

Collection

Children's book with the Hatuna Be-Yaar (Wedding in the Forest) by Kamson, Yaʻakov David

The museum’s collection of more than 8,000 artifacts includes fine and folk art, ethnographic and archaeological artifacts, clothing and textiles, Jewish ceremonial art objects, documents, books, and manuscripts.

Highlights of the collection include:

Archaeological artifacts dating from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity
Historic illuminated manuscripts such as one from 1478 recording the Simon of Trent blood libel trial
Thomas Jefferson's handwritten letter of 1818 affirming religious freedom and denouncing anti-Semitism
The Torah scroll and tefillin purported to belong to the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement
A model of Herod's Temple by Leen Ritmeyer^[1]

Yeshiva University Museum’s holdings embrace several significant collections of Jewish art and material culture, including:

Models of historic synagogues commissioned for the museum’s founding
Meyerhoff Collection of Early Israeli Art
Jean Moldovan Collection of Jewish Children’s books
Raphael Patai Amulet Collection
Max Stern Collection of Judaica
"Aishet Hayil: Woman of Valor" from the Book of Proverbs by Siri Berg

Facilities and programs

The museum consists of four galleries, an exhibition arcade, an outdoor sculpture garden, a docent lounge, a children’s workshop room, and a suite of offices. Other Center for Jewish History facilities include a 250-seat, handicapped-accessible auditorium and projection room, meeting rooms, a lunchroom, and a kosher café.

The museum produces two types of exhibitions, usually shown concurrently: one examining a Jewish community or historic event, and the other featuring contemporary artists working on Jewish themes. The museum occasionally presents traveling exhibitions. Other offerings include family craft workshops, lectures, films, concerts, and multilingual exhibition tours in English, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian, and Yiddish.

The Yeshiva University Museum’s outreach programs work with New York City public schools to provide students with art education and teachers with professional development. The New York State Council on the Arts, Project Arts of the New York City Board of Education, and the bilingual education program Title VII support these programs. A founding member of the Council of American Jewish Museums, Yeshiva University Museum plays a leading role in encouraging the growth of emerging museums and in developing conservation and preservation techniques for all Jewish museums.

References

↑ King Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem

External links

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Yeshiva University

Schools	Yeshiva College Stern College for Women Sy Syms School of Business Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Belz School of Jewish Music Albert Einstein College of Medicine Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration Wurzweiler School of Social Work Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology

Centers and programs	Yeshiva University Museum Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University Institute for Public Health Sciences Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University

Personalities	Presidents: Bernard Revel Samuel Belkin Norman Lamm Richard Joel Rabbis: Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yosef Blau J. David Bleich Aharon Lichtenstein Dovid Lifshitz Hershel Schachter Moshe Shatzkes Ahron Soloveichik Moshe Soloveichik Moshe David Tendler

Publications	Tradition

Topics	History

Museums in Manhattan

Current	American Academy of Arts and Letters American Folk Art Museum American Museum of Natural History Rose Center for Earth and Space Asia Society Asian American Arts Centre Castle Clinton Center for Jewish History Children's Museum of Manhattan China Institute The Cloisters Drawing Center Dyckman House El Museo del Barrio Eldridge Street Synagogue Ellis Island Federal Hall National Memorial Fraunces Tavern Frick Collection FusionArts Museum George Gustav Heye Center Girl Scout Museum and Archives Gracie Mansion Grolier Club Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Hamilton Grange National Memorial Hispanic Society of America International Center of Photography International Print Center New York Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame Japan Society Jewish Museum John J. Harvey John M. Mossman Lock Museum Lower East Side Tenement Museum Madame Tussauds Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center Merchant's House Museum Met Breuer Metropolitan Museum of Art Mmuseumm Morgan Library & Museum Morris–Jumel Mansion Mount Vernon Hotel Museum The Museum at FIT Museum of American Finance Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Biblical Art Museum of Chinese in America Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum of Mathematics Museum of Modern Art Museum of Motherhood Museum of Primitive Art Museum of Sex Museum of the City of New York National Academy Museum and School National Jazz Museum in Harlem National Track and Field Hall of Fame Neue Galerie New York New Museum New York City Fire Museum New York City Police Museum New York Public Library New York Public Library for the Performing Arts New York Transit Museum New-York Historical Society Paley Center for Media Nicholas Roerich Museum Rose Museum Rubin Museum of Art Scandinavia House Skyscraper Museum South Street Seaport Museum Statue of Liberty Studio Museum in Harlem The Theatre Museum Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Tibet House Ukrainian Museum United Nations Art Collection Whitney Museum of American Art Yeshiva University Museum

Defunct	Chelsea Art Museum Dahesh Museum of Art Forbes Galleries Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

See also: Museum Mile

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